This Rooted Life

Trying

A stream of consciousness poem after a trying day of trying to be better.

Mar 4 • Jen Eden

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January 2026

A Quiet Beginning

A gentle unfurling at the threshold of Imbolc

Jan 25 • Jen Eden

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Improvisation

Our house is littered with tiny socks.

Jan 5 • Jen Eden

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November 2025

Going softly into this season

Today, I turned 38.

Nov 3, 2025 • Jen Eden

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October 2025

Deep and wide as autumn's ending

On silence and writing.

Oct 12, 2025 • Jen Eden

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August 2025

I am so very, very angry

I am so very, very angry

Aug 9, 2025 • Jen Eden

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May 2025

This poetic life

Revelling in the poetry of ordinary things

May 17, 2025 • Jen Eden

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Caffienated Stories

On losing my rhythm and trying to find it again

May 4, 2025 • Jen Eden

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April 2025

Hold onto your gentle heart

We find a bee in the park, lethargically bumbling along, looking lost and oh so fragile.

Apr 23, 2025 • Jen Eden

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February 2025

I reached for patience and found none

There is a passage in Katherine May’s exquisite book, Enchantment, in which she reflects on the experience of many of history’s great thinkers…

Feb 26, 2025 • Jen Eden

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January 2025

This Is Motherhood

An unpolished poem and the brutal beauty of motherhood.

Jan 18, 2025 • Jen Eden

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Stray Thoughts

An experiment.

Jan 7, 2025 • Jen Eden

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