Poetry as Portal
A journey of remembering and reconnection through everyday ritual and verse.
The Journey
Are you seeking a gentler rhythm and deeper relationship with Life?
Do you long for a way back to something you can’t quite name?
Are you called to speak what is on your heart but don’t know how or where to start?
In a time when so much pulls us away from ourselves and each other, poetry can become a portal – not just to creativity, but to deep remembering and reconnection. This course is an invitation to slow down, listen inward and outward, and reawaken what has been buried, silenced and forgotten.
Over the journey, you’ll be invited to walk through seven doorways, each a spiral of remembrance: first coming home to your body and inner knowing, then reaching outward- to land, lineage, spirit, kin and the unseen worlds around you.
Each portal offers a sacred rhythm: affirmations to centre you, a practice to anchor your awareness, writing prompts to give voice to what’s emerging, rituals to root the experience in your daily life, and a moment to pause and reflect before travelling on.
Whether your goal is to write seven poems or to feel your way forward through ritual and reflection, you are invited to chart a course with your own deep knowing as guide. This is not a workshop for technical craft or polished verse. It’s an everyday devotional practice. A remembering. A reweaving of threads between your story and the wider web of life. All you need is a willingness to listen.
In remembering our interconnectedness, we reclaim our true purpose and power. We reconnect with the infinite sources of support seen and unseen in our day to day lives. We stop resisting our relationship to one another and begin our journey back to ourselves, each other and our more than human kin. We remember how to love the world.
Your Guide
Hi, I’m Amanda — writer, poet, community lawyer and mother. I grew up wild on Turrbal Yuggera country, Australia and after 25 years wandering, including six in the middle of nowhere, I’ve found myself back near where I began.
Writing is how I navigate the space between the inner and outer worlds, the known and the mysterious - a practice of remembering and returning.
My poetry collection Reunion Songs was born from a deep longing to reconnect with the seen and unseen worlds I once forgot I belonged to. Those 55 poems became a journey of healing and homecoming that continues to unfold.
My hope is that this course, like the book that inspired it, supports your own path of reconnection, guided by your inner knowing.
In these times, we’re being called to remember who we truly are - bridges between worlds, co-creators of something more beautiful, just and wild.
May our small acts of love and liberation ripple outward like a quiet storm.
Choose your path
Meander in solitude at your own pace at a time that suits you.
Start your journey whenever you’re ready. Travel back and forth through the 7 portals. Take a break and circle back in your own time. Join a walk in community at a discount down the track.
Poetry as Portal On Demand is available now.
Join a community walk and travel together.
Over 7 days you’ll walk in community with Poetry as Portal as your guide. Each day will offer additional opportunities to deepen and expand our individual and collective journeys with the option to share your reflections and writings around the campfire.
Poetry as Portal in Community is coming soon! Don’t want to wait? Begin now with Poetry as Portal on Demand, and join a walk later at a discount.
Take your first step
Meander in solitude
$33 AUD
Online Course Only
Available Now!
Walk together
$55 AUD
Online Course + Community
Coming Soon!
FAQs
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The offerings are designed to be spacious and adaptable. You can spend anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes a day/doorway, depending on how deeply you wish to engage with the practices. Some days may call for a quiet reflection, while others may invite deeper writing or ritual. There is no need to keep pace—you can move slowly, skip days, or return when you're ready.
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The course is designed as a spiral of remembering. You can return to any doorway whenever you’re ready. Your intuition is your guide. There is no falling behind, only circling back.
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Yes. This course was created for exactly those moments—when life feels scattered, when you long to slow down, when you want to reconnect but don’t know where to start. The practices are intentionally gentle and flexible. Even reading the daily note and pausing for a few breaths can be a meaningful act of return. You are invited to take what you need and leave the rest.
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You’ll be gently guided through themed doorways of remembering. Within each one you will receive:
🌿 Grounding affirmations
🌬 A presencing or somatic practice
📝 A poetic or reflective writing prompt
🕯 A simple ritual or symbolic act
🌱 Optional invitations to aligned action or reflectionYou don’t need to complete everything —follow what stirs you.
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Not at all. This is not a technical poetry course. It's an invitation into presence, reflection, and reconnection. You don’t need to consider yourself a “writer” or a “poet.” If you can speak from your heart, if you can notice what’s moving within or around you—you are already participating. Your voice is welcome, just as it is.
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You will have lifetime access for as long as the course is hosted on this platform. That means you can revisit the material at your own pace, return to your favorite days, or repeat the journey seasonally as a cyclical practice of remembering.
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Yes—what a beautiful offering. Please contact me directly to arrange a gift enrolment.
