Falling Off the Moon

By Devavani Lawrence

Falling Off the Moon is a collection of poems revealing the spiritual heart of one woman's journey of transformation through heartache to wisdom. Written from a feminine perspective and in a style reminiscent of Rumi, the poems speak to an intimate experience of evolution through loss and starting over.

The poems in this collection are deeply personal, each one exploring the poet's own journey through death, divorce, motherhood, healing and rebirth. Like the changes a seed must make in order to survive and grow, the poems describe the vulnerability of breakdown, transformation, and personal evolution.

The author's spirituality and musical sensibility flow throughout verses which illuminate both the difficult days as well as the unexpected joys experienced along the way. Using evocative language and universal themes, the poet celebrates her freedom to live an authentic life. These insightful poems are medicine for any woman (or man) dealing with grief or unexpected challenges and seeking inspiration for their journey. Written with compassion, hope, wisdom, love and empowerment, the author shares her soulful and healing experience of learning to love herself through the big life transitions caused by chaos, challenge and change. The poems and prayers offer a refuge of emotional and spiritual nourishment for anyone seeking the relief found in true inner growth, joy and self-love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Devavani Lawrence
• Release date: Apr 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987926727

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Falling Off the Moon

FALLING OFF THE MOON

POEMS OF TRANSFORMATION

DEVAVANI LAWRENCE

CREATIVE SPIRIT PRESS

Copyright © 2023 by Devavani Lawrence. All rights reserved.

Published by Creative Spirit Press.

For more information and orders, contact: Creative Spirit Press at PO Box 12854, Tamuning, GU 96931, USA

Rise Up Nimbly from THE ILLUMINATED RUMI by Jalal Al-Din Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, copyright © 1997 by Coleman Barks and Michael Green. Used by permission of Broadway Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

ISBN-13: 979-8-9879267-0-3 (print)

ISBN-13: 979-8-9879267-1-0 (ebook)

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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Book layout by Beth Barany, Barany Consulting, www.BethBarany.com

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For my desert sister, Sher,

Who knows my journey by heart.

CONTENTS

Guesthouse

The Poems

Night Sky

What If…

On Being a Woman

On Leaving

I Am the One

Waiting

Visitor

Compassion

Meeting the Goddess

Wild

Falling Off the Moon

Lenore

Different

More Like a Tree

Who We Are

On Seeing

Love and Be Loved

Prayer for the Broken

On Vulnerability

Prayer for Peace

How to Write a Poem

Waiting for Rain

About the Author

Gratitudes

Rise up nimbly and

go on your strange journey

to the ocean of meanings.

The stream knows it can’t stay

on the mountain.

Leave and don’t look away from

the sun as you go, in whose light

you are sometimes crescent,

sometimes full.

~ Jalal al-Din Rumi

GUESTHOUSE

Two years into living on an island and seven months into a global pandemic, I gave birth to a