Thank you for being here!
You have found a collaborative poem about navigating grief while moving through the world with hope as a practice, as a light, as a guiding force.
I started this collaborative poem a long while ago, and it has been performed in various spaces as an in-the-moment poetry and art project, and as a performance with music I composed as a foundation to the words contributed by audience members. I have added all the contributed lines I could find with attributions for this poem into the community poem app, and I invite you to add more if you feel so inspired. Here are the instructions:
collective poem
add one line · ten words or fewer · build something together
❤ community values — click to read
- This is a space for healing, hope, and connection.
- No hate speech, slurs, or language that demeans any person or group.
- No violent, threatening, or harmful imagery.
- No explicit sexual content.
- Darkness is welcome — grief, longing, sorrow — but not cruelty.
- By adding a line you agree to keep this space kind.
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