Karly Randolph Pitman

Karly Randolph Pitman

Austin, Texas
I'm a writer, seeker, mother, poet, craftswoman, teacher of all ages, and facilitator. I call the journey of becoming 'growing humankindness' and am awed by the sacredness of healing.
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May

Family Reunion

The sunflowers wave as I step outside to cut parsley for the small red potatoes I've steamed for
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13
May

The Path

A few years ago I began creating a "Book of Love," a psalter of the heart. I was
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02
May

Last Supper

Yesterday, in my monthly Soul Writer's Circle, we were asked to write a poem about embodiment. One prompt
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29
Apr

Instructions for Depression

Images of elephants - trunk tied to trunk - have touched me ever since my mentor used this image to
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26
Apr

What we see

I just returned from a visit to my large, loud, loving Italian-Polish family in the Cleveland suburbs. As we often
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13
Apr

Breakfast sandwich

Breakfast Sandwich There is a moment when I walk out into the early morning light in my pajamas and robe
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01
Mar

Overflowing

Isn't it something, what flows from our bodies, our hearts, our minds? Sometimes I don't even
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23
Feb

The gifts of 'the end of the day'

A friend once gave me an 'end of the day' clay bead - a bead made of the
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02
Feb

Good Bones

"It is not beauty that endures, it is love that makes us see beauty." - Leo Tolstoy In
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23
Jan

Turning off the lights in my son's room

When one of my children began to potty train, they were terribly frightened of the noise and size of public
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