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We have two contestants for Week Four: @Chill Will & @Craven Smith Now you will vote to determine who wins. Polls closes on Friday 6pm. We will pick back up on the 7th.
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🌌 CONSTELLATION PROMPTS • WEEK FIVE
Your First Signal Prompt 5: Name the earliest trace of yourself that still lives in you Every cycle circles home. This week, return to the origin-point; the spark that existed before language, before ritual, before the world shaped a name around you. Some beginnings rise like heat. Some arrive as a color that followed you for years. Some settle in the body as a quiet force that shapes every choice you make long after childhood left the room. This is the week of retrieval. Here’s your map. ✳️ Orbitals Choose one or let several converge: - A sensation from early life that never drifted. - A gesture you repeated long before you understood it. - A memory that kept its grip through every season. - An instinct that called you forward again and again. - A color, soundless motion, or fleeting image that always felt like source. These are your origin-markers. 🌿 Sensory Anchor Close your eyes. Call forward the earliest version of yourself you can still sense. Let the memory rise through your body one layer at a time; heat gathering at a point, a tightening that knows its own story, a flicker that moves from stillness into shape. Whatever sensation arrives first becomes your signal. Describe that sensation as motion, texture, or direction. Begin writing from there. ☄️ Comet Path Write an origin piece. Trace the line from early self to present self as movement through time, as instinct turning into pattern, as memory growing its own structure. Let each line shift a little deeper than the last. Let the piece unfold the way growth unfolds; steady, layered, shaped by something older than intention. When the recognition settles, place your seal. ✴️ Seal of Enoughness My beginning still shapes the direction I rise toward. 🪞Sharing Your Constellation Your ritual completes its arc in three lights: Core Star → Comet Path → Seal of Enoughness. Tag it with #ConstellationsOfEnough for the Archivists tracing this final turning of the cycle. 🌠 Sky Report Feature
Welcome to Spoken Word Movement!
🎙️ THE MiC! SANCTUM 🎙️ The First Frequency Every voice begins as vibration. Small. Steady. Alive. Each word shapes air into meaning. The mic listens before it amplifies. Courage gathers in the space between breath and sound. Presence becomes harmony. The Gathering Chord Creation multiplies through connection. Every poet adds a note to something expanding. Listening becomes participation. Every response lengthens the song. The room keeps growing in sound and spirit. Verses in Formation Practice and purpose travel together. Each draft carries rhythm. Each rhythm builds resonance. Writers and listeners rise through repetition, reflection, and release. Expression stays in motion. Four Tempos of Reverence 1️⃣ Enter with attention. Each arrival reshapes the atmosphere. 2️⃣ Listen until hearing transforms into contribution. 3️⃣ Offer through rhythm. Timelines keep the circle coherent. 4️⃣ Speak with care. Each syllable plants something living in the field we share. These tempos hold devotion. Discipline becomes prayer. Timing becomes trust. The Return to Resonance Every line carries gravity. Every verse remembers its rhythm. Speak, and the universe adjusts its frequency. Language evolves into legend. The circle remains open. The next breath moves through you. Invitation When the moment arrives, post your first verse under #FirstFrequency. Let the circle hear you. The movement continues with every sound you share.
Welcome to Spoken Word Movement!
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We have our two contestants for Week One: @Terry Holder and @Craven Smith ! Now you will vote to determine who wins! Polls close Sunday 6pm.
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🌌Constellations of Enough: Week Four
Your Shift Point Prompt 4: Name the moment something inside you changed direction Every constellation turns. Some turns arrive loud, carrying their own weather. Others slip in quietly… a breath held a moment longer, a thought landing heavier than expected, a small weight shifting inside the chest without asking permission. This week, trace that curve. The inner tilt. The quiet reorientation that shaped a new path without announcing itself. Here’s your map. ✳️ Orbitals Choose one or let them braid together: - A moment that altered your posture. - A sentence that pressed itself into your day. - A familiar act that carried a different temperature. - The instant an old feeling stepped forward,asking to be seen with fresh attention. These are your shift markers: small, steady forces that turn the inner sky. 🌿 Sensory Anchor Place one hand over your sternum and follow the rise beneath your palm. Stay with that motion long enough for a second sensation to reveal itself; a warmth, a tightening, a sudden clarity, a flicker of pressure behind the ribs. Let that sensation describe the moment. Write from that direction. ☄️Comet Path Write a shift piece. Follow the arc of the moment without naming the lesson. Let the movement show itself through image, gesture, or the way your breath changed its pace. Each line becomes a small turning. Each turning carries a different weight. Allow the piece to arrange itself until the shift feels fully shaped. When the movement settles, place your seal. ✴️ Seal of Enoughness Every turn shapes a new truth into form. 🪞 How to Share Your Constellation Your ritual continues in three lights: Core Star → Comet Path → Seal of Enoughness. Post your constellation so others can witness your turning. Tag it with #ConstellationsOfAlignment for the Archivists tracing the collective map. Tag your work with #ConstellationsOfEnough so the Archivists can fold it into the map. 🌠 Sky Report Feature - On Thursday, two luminous pieces will be shortlisted. - On Friday, the community will vote for our Featured Star. - On Sunday, the Sky Report reveals the chosen writer and the next constellation. - Winners will have the opportunity to have their pieces featured on Gimme the MiC! - Writers who complete all five constellations this month will also be eligible for a Mini Feature at cycle’s end.
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