Wild Fire: Poetic Prisms

By Sherry Sadoff Hanck

Wild Fire is a poetic exploration of shadow, light, and nature in the human experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Nov 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504365802

Sherry Sadoff Hanck

Sherry Sadoff Hanck has been playing with words since she realized their power. Her early ambitions led her through the magical worlds of theater and film, dancing through the enchanted landscapes of the Grateful Dead and Rainbow Gatherings, landing naturally on a yoga mat, pen and paper in hand. During her seventeen years in Manhattan, Sherry earned a BFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a Masters degree in media studies from The New School for Social Research, in addition to variety of jobs. Sherry has published several poems and articles for various outlets and continues to write for her blog, Drop & Give Me Yoga! (www.dropandgivemeyoga.com) when time allows. Today, Sherry happily lives, learns and teaches in Bucks County with her husband, three daughters, Isis the cat, and Luna the dog.

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Copyright © 2016 Sherry Sadoff Hanck.

Love’s Wild Journey ~ Poems from an Untamed Heart (2015); The Yogic Way, Slowly Unwrapping the Gift of Pain (2013); Poetry of Yoga Vol. I, Edited by HawaH, Silent Sound & In the Moment (2011)

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-6579-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-6580-2 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 11/22/2016

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

SHADOWS

W

Shadow Takes the Lead

Alchemy

Angels & Demons

Blank

See

Season Song

The Sound of Ego

Bourbon

Why?

Markers of Time

Container

Aperture of Light

Questioning Identity

The Infinite

My Teacher

Pan’s Shadow

Start Where You Are

Chew Slowly

Waking Up

Home

To Be or Not

Compass

Free

Resting in Shadow

Heart’s Home

Stories from the Mist

Distortion

Shimmer

Finding Flow

Conception

Blow Your Mind

Waiting Room

Excavating Fear

Edge of Light

Sound of Silence

The Call

Fruits of the Earth

The Key

Foot Notes

Trapped

The Village

Question

Ownership

Start Here

Alone

Humble Warrior

Unlimited Do-Overs

Wake Up!

Rabbit Hole

Diving Deep

Beyond Words

Just. Be.

Pit

Hard Truths Told

Stars in Your Eyes

Ghostly Grasp

Trickster Tale

Death & Life

Surfacing

Forgiveness & Regret

The Show

Flicker

Burn

LIGHT

Through the Fog

Rising

Crumb Trail

Taming the Beast

Tea

Blink

Bare

Look

At Play

Here Now

Is this real?

Bigger Picture

Ripe

An Open Heart

Untitled

Spiraling Upward

Royal Journey

Exodus

Conductor

Flicker

Revealing Avalon

Invisible Divide

Enchanted Crossroads

Wishing Well

Untitled

Links in the Chain

Choices

Fly

Seat of the Teacher

On the Path

Shake Up

Words

The Gift of Now

Get Lost

Whimsy

Exploration

Rays of Light

Living in Light

Open Window

Fan the Flames

Seeker

Ordinary

The Urgency of Now

Wonder

Magic of the Moment

Community

Horizon Lines

String of Pearls

Family Diagnosis

The Eyes Have It

WILD FLOWERS ~ NATURE’S WINDOW

Isolation

Stewards of Our Planet

Raindrops

Forecast

Awaiting Spring

Impermanence

Raindrops Calling

Ducks

Witness

Flutter

Dew Drops

Autumn Slays Me!

Crunch

Melting into Spring

Nestled in Nature

Birthing Spring

Personal Spring

Earth Dance

Joy of Winter

Perseverance & Possibility

Joyous Breath

Alive

Ode to Winter

Our Story

Nature’s Grace

Flow

Uncertainty

Nature Poetic

Ray of Hope

Call of the Wild

Ninja

About the Author

Dedication

Dedicated to family and friends, strangers and neighbors and all curious sentient beings.

May we connect through the deepest expressions of our hearts and continue to climb the mountains of our dreams, supporting each other the whole way up.

Acknowledgements

I would be lost in the