A Wayfinder's Wanderings: A First Collection of Poems: A First Collection of Poems

An artful observer of nature and our collective human experience, Allie Middleton has traveled to sacred sites around the world and into the depths of her being. She has collected and curated inspiration, grace, experience and resilience. Allie Middleton's writing illustrates the healing process of spiritual inquiry while recovering from physical injuries. Her poems bring the intelligence of the heart to life, offering a glimpse into a modern sacred journey while deeply grounded in wisdom traditions. This first collection of poems, A Wayfinder's Wanderings, is a treasure of insight and awareness. Allie illuminates her adventures with creativity and candor, guiding us along the path to cherish confluences of peace and beauty. As our evolving circumstances shift and change with every moment, Allie's verses weave a vibrant and uplifting offering, shepherding in a new time for all to listen to the magic of being alive.

This first collection of poems were written before 2018 while Allie Middleton was in on retreat in nature or at meditation centers. Her poems serve as harbingers of the global changes still emerging as a result of the turbulence caused by the 2020 Corona virus and Black Lives Matter series of events. They contain startling revelations based in conscious embodied presencing practices. These poems unravel portals of potential, pointing to our shared universal sensibility. Allie engages our heart's intelligence to locate us and welcome us back to alignment with earth's intelligence. Allie's expressions draw forth treasures from a rich field of inquiry. Her observations and attentional practices are anchored in a respect for the great unfolding, inspiring a further deepening and commitment to meditation and mindful embodiment practices.