Shavawn Berry
Writer/Poet. Teacher/Editor/Creativity Coach. Empath. Songbird. And, yes, Elton John Freak. Shavawn M. Berry’s writing is forthcoming or has appeared in The Huffington Post, elephant journal, The Anjana Network, Be You Media Group, The Good Men Project, Journey of the Heart: Women's Spiritual Poetry, Olentangy Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Vagina - The Zine, Rebelle Society, The Cancer Poetry Project 2, Kinema Poetics, Kalliope, Poet Lore, California Quarterly, Westview – A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, North Atlantic Review, Concho River Review, Synapse, Living Buddhism, The World Tribune, addictionsolutions.com, Blue Mountain Arts/SPS, Poetry Seattle, and buddhajones.com, to name just a few. In 1998, she received her Master’s degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she specialized in Creative Nonfiction and Memoir. She teaches writing and editing full-time at a university in the Southwestern United States. She can be reached via her web site: http://www.shavawnmberry.com/ or on her Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/shavawnmidoriberry
MY BLOGS
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The Wonderland Files
http://fallintowonderland.com/
Musings on Grace, Spirituality, Life as Art, and Life in General
LATEST ARTICLES ( 182 )
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Word by Word, Ignite Your Life
via Stocksnap.ioTo connect and hear more about Wonderland, click here.“A word after a word after a word is power.” — Margaret AtwoodWhy write?To a writer that... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Word by Word, Ignite Your Life
To connect and hear more about Wonderland, click here. "A word after a word after a word is power." -- Margaret Atwood Why write? To a writer that question... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Finding Oz
Via PinterestTo connect and hear more about Wonderland, click here.Click Your Heels Together…“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in one... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Finding Oz
To connect and hear more about Wonderland, click here. Click Your Heels Together... "Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in one thing,... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Song Sparrow & Other Surprises
Via PinterestHey, Wonderland Followers!If you want to start to receive my monthly e-magazine, Song Sparrow, please sign up using the Work With Me tab at the... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Song Sparrow & Other Surprises
Hey, Wonderland Followers! If you want to start to receive my monthly e-magazine, Song Sparrow, please sign up using the Work With Me tab at the top of my... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Zombie Apocalypse
Photo via PinterestDay 26: A – Z ChallengeI am the Walking Dead.For the past 26 days, I’ve blogged until I felt like I might drop.I’ve plumbed my depths and... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Zombie Apocalypse
Day 26: A - Z Challenge I am the Walking Dead. For the past 26 days, I've blogged until I felt like I might drop. I've plumbed my depths and dug up the bones... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Young at Heart
Photo via PinterestFor my MotherDay 25: A – Z Challenge“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert FrostRemember Your Sense of Wonder. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Young at Heart
For my Mother Day 25: A - Z Challenge "The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected." ― Robert Frost Remember Your Sense of Wonder. As I get... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
X Marks the Spot
Women in Nature Wallpaper via Jun.CDay 24: A – Z Challenge“You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself.” — Rumi Where you are... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
X Marks the Spot
Day 24: A - Z Challenge "You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself." -- Rumi Where you are is where your mission is. If tha... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Why We Need Our Wildness
Day 23: A - Z Challenge "She knew herself, how she had slowly, over years, become a cat, a wolf, a snake, anything but a girl. How she had wrung out her... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Why We Need Our Wildness
Photo by Katarina Plotnikova via PinterestDay 23: A – Z Challenge“She knew herself, how she had slowly, over years, become a cat, a wolf, a snake, anything but ... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Vulnerable & On the Verge
Image by Christian Schloe via PinterestDay 22: A – Z ChallengeHow can we risk it?How can we show our soft underbelly in a world that is full of predators and... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Unique Brand, You.
Image by Christian Schloe via PinterestDay 21: A – Z ChallengeWeirdos Rock.“I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Transformation
Art by Cosima Lukashevich via PinterestDay 20: A – Z ChallengeTransformation happens,whether you like it or not.“Sorrow prepares you for joy. Read more
Posted on 23 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Still Standing
Image via PinterestDay 19: A – Z Challenge“We live on a blue planet that circles around a ball of fire next to a moon that moves the sea, and you don’t believe... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Respite
Black Hollyhock Blue Larkspur by Georgia O’Keeffe via georgiaokeeffemuseum.orgDay 18: A – Z ChallengeWide Open SpacesI spent three days last week in New... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Question; Question Everything
Via School of Visual ArtsDay 17: A – Z Challenge:“I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2015 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION