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strange alchemy wild ground wild ground subscribe sign in strange alchemy lyrics prompt may 24 2026 17 20 share the absurd snowball of health challenges continues its roll giardia scarlet fever pots flare but i am cautiously delighted to report that my nerve injury in my neck is healing well enough that i have achieved a few exciting firsts for the year 1 i cut a butternut squash 2 i lifted a five pound weight over my head and 3 i wrote a song on the guitar this last one makes me especially happy i can sit and play for twenty or thirty minutes now without flaring my neck up too badly i ve missed music so much it s felt like losing a language which of course feels an awful lot like losing myself instead of offering you a poem today i m going to share the lyrics of my admittedly still in progress song possibly there should be a chorus or at least a bridge maybe there s another verse waiting to be born but here s what i have for now singing it feels like a balm strange alchemy text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published all year now this falling down of all that i thought knew and all that i planned to do and who who who who who who who who will i be if i make it through for every door that shuts some other opens up but there s a long hall between so many of the doors i ve seen i m in that hall living in that hall living in that hall to swing a door wide and fully step inside i ll have to become the key to a room i can t yet see strange alchemy strained alchemy this hall and me damn does it hurt to be cut to a key i will never stop being delighted by this photo of my dog jeff ostensibly wearing a turtleneck and playing the guitar the prompt if you would like a prompt to play with today and remember that play can be anything so if you don t want to write a poem take this prompt with you as you journal or paint or sink your hands into playdough i invite you to ponder and notice liminality notice the spaces between spaces moments between moments the hallway between doors the threshold at which you are neither quite inside nor quite outside pay attention to the movement between yoga poses or running strides the split second when you have set one freshly washed dish down and are reaching for the next soiled one the angsty or electric span of time in which you have shed an old identity and are standing there naked wondering what the hell is next watch the breath or lack of breath between a trigger and a response what do you notice are these liminal spaces any less real any less alive any less important than the supposedly settled states that surround them might there be a sense in which they are more real alive important what have been some of the most significant prolonged challenging necessary or alchemical liminal spaces in your life in what ways are you experiencing liminality or betweenness right now in what ways are you harvesting from the rich soil laid by liminal moments past where do you see hear smell taste touch feel liminality in the world around you i would love to read your poems or reflections i always love to read your poems and reflections no liminality ephemerality there folks i expect that one to be a throughline at least as long as i retain functioning eyeballs thank you for being here be sure to check out the upcoming events below subscribe on the horizon wednesday may 27 7 00 8 00 pm edt substack live conversation with the poet and absolutely lovely human sam aureli sunday june 7 4 00 5 00 pm edt my second substack live with writer and collage artist duane toops these conversations are casual and unscripted so no promises about exactly where we ll land but duane and i are hoping to dive into the subject of liminality and the sometimes long and dark hallways between doors so if the song i shared above spoke to you i suspect this conversation will too saturday june 13 3 00 pm edt if you live in kentucky or are happening through drop by carmichael s bookstore in louisville i ll be reading from my novel more details here i m hoping to offer another virtual forest bathing poetry fusion on either sunday june 14 or wednesday june 17 if you d like to attend you can answer this quick poll to let me know your preferred time loading 17 20 share discussion about this post comments restacks laura allen sandage may 24 liked by lisa jensen hi i m new here also a long covid poet songwriter songleader missing my music life and several other lives living in the hallways your song really nails it ️ it seems like i got your prompt in my sleep and wrote my morning poem out of a dream bit before seeing your post here it is doortopia when you re feeling fragile that s a doortopia crack your lidded eye and peek find what you seek three times the time there not to fill to rest to loll and goof around to integrate at a slow down rate just around the door jamb another plate of bread and jam awaits such pretty plates just behind that door knob you re in a space to hobnob with elves all kinds of selves when your plans have crumbled that s a doortopia too erase your calendar day wipe the limits away and step through deeper down in the underground worlds of you reply share 1 reply by lisa jensen josh datko may 26 liked by lisa jensen i had a kind of talking heads like vibe when i read that song excited to hear it reply share 1 reply by lisa jensen 18 more comments top latest discussions no posts ready for more subscribe 2026 lisa jensen privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts