Ange Disbury
Poetry Sits With Us in the Clearing
Poetry is my heart’s microscope. A lens over the frame of life ushering me to hover tenderly over pain without the world’s urgency to...
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Grab yourself a cuppa as you read reflections and lessons learnt from my community.
Society constantly shouts (and sneakily whispers) the pressure to do, earn, and be extraordinary. I want to highlight and affirm what is already praiseworthy and of so much value: the wonder and worth that exists within the 'ordinary'. Affirming worth and being curious about systems, expectations and attitudes that build barriers to flourishing feels worth wondering about.
I'm so grateful for my community who help me to continue to wonder...
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Ange Disbury
Feb 21 min read
Glordinary
The realisation that it used to be dark at this time as the light now claims its ground, The memory-rousing song in the background...
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Ange Disbury
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Here's to the long distance friendships
The ones with the long gaps in the calendar that feel like they’ve been tiny gaps when you’re together. The shared stories so precious...
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Ange Disbury
Mar 29, 20231 min read
"She's Ageing"
She’s told to feel “past it,” but what is she past? She’s told to “be desirable,” and that desirability doesn’t last. Well I’m past...
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Ange Disbury
Nov 30, 20221 min read
A Blessing in Hard Times
May you know a safe space for big emotions, Freedom to feel and express discomfort and pain, The presence of flickering light among...
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Ange Disbury
Oct 29, 20221 min read
Tender Self
What do you love, what brings you some release? What moves you to exhale, what helps your heart to sample peace? When’s there a thrill to...
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Ange Disbury
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Season Hierarchy
I’ve heard so many sentiments of “you’ll see spring again” And “hold on through the winter” just waiting for that day when The cold has...
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Ange Disbury
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Little Ode to September
September tries to tell you it’s the time for getting sorted New uniform, routine in place, all organised and ordered. PE is every Monday...
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Ange Disbury
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Quiet Courage
When I see daffodils popping up, I often think of the planter who, on a cold and desolate winter’s day, buried the bulbs deep into the...
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Ange Disbury
Dec 30, 20211 min read
You Are Allowed To Rest
You are allowed to rest, dear body For rest is not a reward we earn, It is a right, a state of being, An honouring of our worth. You are...
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Ange Disbury
Dec 20, 20211 min read
'Twas The Night Before Christmas (...with a twist)
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well…except one lone figure...
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Ange Disbury
May 16, 20211 min read
At the Top of the Staircase
You ready yourself with pride and poise, Standing tall at the top of the staircase. A VIP preparing to make her grand entrance, We all...
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