Reunion Songs

poems for reconnection and remembering yourself home

I’m Amanda, a writer and poet living on Yuggera Turrbal country, Australia.

You can read my poems and essays on my Substack, Appetite for Living.

Life always invites us to rediscover our true passions and free ourselves from what holds us back.

I believe we come into this world tasked with remembering our true belonging to what the poet Mary Oliver describes as ‘the family of all things.’ Writing helps me connect with the richness of life and share that connection with you. Through poetry and personal essays, I explore everyday freedom, sacredness, mysticism, and practical animism in my quest for a wilder and more deeply connected life.

Real change starts within, with small acts of liberation and love that ripple out in powerful ways. Together, we can create the more beautiful, just, and compassionate world we long for.

Appetite for Living is my free weekly poetry subscription delivered to your inbox and ears every Sunday via Substack.

Each Sunday, you'll receive an original poem written and narrated by me on love, loss, longing and letting go through a sacred, mystical and animist lens.

They are reminders to myself, and hopefully to you too, on how to fall back in love with ourselves and the world, how to live better through poetry.

  • "If your soul needs nourishing, head here immediately. Amanda sprinkles deep wisdom and mystical truths like confetti, and her poetry always facilitates a homecoming. For reconnection to what is most important, there is no better Substack."

    Chloe Hope - Death & Birds

  • "Amanda's poetry is a balm for the soul during troubled times. Her connection and commitment to presence with all things show us the way forward."

    Mariah Friend - Heartbeats

  • “ Amanda speaks to you on so many levels! Your senses will thank you!”

    Tracey Mayor - Releasing Spells

It's a privilege to live and create on this beautiful land, for which I am deeply grateful.

I acknowledge the Yuggera/Turrbal peoples, the traditional custodians of the land I write from, and pay my respects to their elders throughout time, as well as the ancestral spirits, waterways, and lands on which I live.

I also honor my ancestors from various regions, including Lismore and the Northern NSW tablelands, Central Ireland, the East Midlands, London, Northeastern Scotland, Heiligenhafen, and Danzig/Gdańsk, who carried me here.

May we all work to heal the damage of colonization, resolve past collective, ancestral and individual traumas, remember our interconnectedness, and restore right relationships with all beings.