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Powerful & Poised is a platform founded by spoken word poet Tricia Veldman - aka Pati the Poetess.

Powerful & Poised is a platform dedicated to promoting deep authenticity via unique avenues of creative expression most connected to each individual’s core self.

10/27/2026

Non avevo intenzioni di scrivere la poesia in italiano…ma è capitato 🤷🏻‍♀️

Non avendo servizio cellulare neppure wifi, l’ho fatto old school con il dizionario 🤓 e un sacco di correzioni degli amici 😅

Grazie in particolare a per il tuo aiuto e la tua pazienza facendo questo video!!! Abbiamo passato 4 ore facendo 15 poemi in inglese…e 3 ore facendo uno in italiano 😂

E grazie a per connetterci e per il tempo di concentrarmi su quest’arte 🤍

PS…nel corso del mio viaggio ho scritto un altro in italiano…ancora da registrare. Stay tuned 👀

09/27/2026

A few years ago, I returned from an international escapade only to feel an uneasy sense of emptiness I couldn’t put my finger on.

I remember desribing to someone that I just “felt like a blob.” (Not the most poetic, but it was the best I could do at the time 😅)

This is taken from my poem “Travel Blues”, found in my new book, Pretty Flowers from Dirty Dirty 🪷 available now on Amazon!

09/22/2026

Step into my home and you will see journals scattered in every corner. There’s at least one in every room, one in every bag. Plus piles of old receipts and opened envelopes with scribbles of verses and thoughts...

I’ve always used writing to process emotions, usually through journaling and reflection. In recent years, poetry has become an outlet for my ruminations and an expression of my joys.

As a spiritual practice, though, I think sometimes it’s helpful to detach from the words entirely: to simply feel the feelings and let them exist without assigning meaning. And when we do assign meaning, we get to choose to make it a good one. I elaborate on this in the full poem and in general musings found in my book:

Pretty Flowers from Dirty Dirt 🪷 available now at Amazon.com ✨

09/22/2026

Full disclosure: half the things I post make me cringe 🥴 (like this video). But I post anyway because otherwise I’d never share. And we’re all cringey sometimes 🤷🏻‍♀️

That’s kind of how I feel releasing this book…so many of the pieces give me an immediate pang of “agh I can’t share that”

But I’m sharing them anyway.

Just in case something I write can help someone who reads it ✨

New book available now! Pretty Flowers from Dirty Dirt: turn your funk into fertilizer 🪷 by Pati the Poetess

Available on Amazon and at the link in bio 💕

09/22/2026

My newest book is officially available!!! Grow Pretty Flowers from Dirty Dirt 🪷 Turn your funk into fertilizer

Order yours here 🤗

Pretty Flowers from Dirty Dirt: Turn your funk into fertilizer

05/16/2026

June 6 at the Glenwood Community Center in Panama City. See you there!!!

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835 Serenoa Road
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
32459

Website

http://www.powerfulandpoised.com/

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