POETRY IN EDEN with Felicia A. Iyamu

“she’s awake.” my latest substack post was a letter from my subway platform awakening in NYC. https://open.substack.com/pub/feliciaiyamu/p/in-a-new-york-minute-part-ii?r=233rbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email thank you for taking the journey with me. i’ll never forget you. i love you. just remember, the frequency is the light and the light is the frequency. but it’s always been darkness...

Between who you were and who you're becoming lies a threshold most people never talk about: integration . It's the sacred, often uncomfortable space where the old self dissolves and something new takes shape. Not a shortcut. Not a hack. A process as old as humanity itself, available to all of us, if we're willing to let it unfold.

Aaron Poochigian is a poet, classics scholar, and translator who lives and writes in New York City. His work has appeared in such newspapers and journals as The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books, and Poetry Magazine . He's the author of Four Walks in Central Park: A Poetic Guide to the Park , and his translations include Stung with Love (Penguin UK). His new translation is Marcus A...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper Palace, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, comes a debut poetry collection that paints a moving portrait of a rich life from childhood to love to marriage to motherhood to divorce and beyond. “Breathtaking . . . will change the way you see the world.” ―Daisy Goodwin, author of The American Heiress In poetry that is at once bold and lyrical, affecti...

didn’t you know? the earth, the bird, him, and me, we are all one. it’s something i’ve always believed, and i enjoy being reminded. there’s one timeline that separates one of us from the other. we are in a sacred dance with one another. before we had social media or the internet, we had a social brain. anthropologist robin dunbar, with social brain theory, found that our brains actually grew large...

Steven is a poet, philosopher, and photographer. He’s published five books of poetry and experimental prose, including Coda , Anon and Plain Sight , and his writing has been translated into several languages. Steven’s approach is multidisciplinary, blending lyrical experimentation with visual documentation and philosophical rigor, all aimed at uncovering meaning in what might otherwise be missed....

Mark Connor, a boxing trainer and writer, has a unique story. Mark's journey from amateur boxing champion to a writer who weaves poems and life stories is inspiring and surely will leave you thinking. His insights draw from his experiences in the boxing ring and his spiritual journey, exploring themes of time, purpose, and personal growth.

From the quiet epiphany of a kitchen pan to the men who hide behind smoke, i hope we're finally learning how to walk toward the light. This episode was first shared on Substack and then recorded for the podcast www.feliciaiyamu.com

In today’s episode, multi-hyphenate talent Paula Essam , actress, filmmaker, and moderator, joins us to discuss the art of crafting stories that resonate deeply and uniquely with audiences. We dive into why diverse storytelling is a necessity rather than just a "brave" choice, and how community serves as the foundation for her creative process. Keep an eye out for her upcoming film, The Basics of...

Phillip Wilson is an Entrepreneur, Mathematician, Holistic Health Specialist, and Author of the upcoming book, Pictures of the Mind: Freeing Yourself from Beliefs that No Longer Serve You. Like his book, this discussion and Phillip's life’s work are a profound journey into self-discovery, spiritual awakening, and the transformative power of perspective. https://www.phillipawilson.com/ https://pict...

The Art of Surrender: I Didn’t Want to Let Go explores the quiet power that lives on the other side of release. In this episode, I reflect on how letting go opens the door to gratitude, softness, and trust—and how surrender allows us to move from striving into receiving. It’s a conversation about embracing feminine energy, honoring what was, and making space for what’s meant to arrive when we stop...

A quiet reflection on prayer, not as doctrine, but as lived experience. i explore my own resistance to it, the assumptions i held, and what shifted when practice outpaced belief. it’s an intimate conversation about uncertainty, openness, and the unexpected ways meaning begins to take shape.

I did not even know I liked the American sci-fi television series created by the Duffer Brothers called Stranger Things . Well, until I picked it back up again and binged the final two seasons. Stranger Things was first released as a Netflix original series on July 15, 2016. The show takes place in the 1980s, with the central focus being the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. And I believe it has...

Enjoy this week's episode which is a very short and inspiring stream of conscious piece, leaning more towards social commentary and mindset tools. And ends with an original poem, by yours truly. ⁠www.feliciaiyamu.com ⁠

Enjoy this week's episode which is a very short and inspiring stream of conscious piece, leaning more towards social commentary and mindset tools. And ends with an original poem, by yours truly. www.feliciaiyamu.com

In this engaging conversation, Laurier Tiernan, a multidisciplinary artist based in Tokyo, shares their inspiring journey as a writer, musician, and poet, whose music and writing have travelled the world. We discuss their new book, a debut bilingual poetry collection, Fifty-Five Ways to Survive , which sold out before even hitting the shelves. This episode uncovers the inspiration behind their wor...

"What happens when there's nothing left to prove?" was the best performing post of 2025! So, it inspired me to start a series called, "What happens when there's nothing left to hide?" You can find that three part series on my newsletter. For this podcast, and for you poetry enthusiasts, I share an original poem.

Lots of growth this year! The audience is made up of thousands of listeners and readers from 34 U.S. states and 51 countries. Top countries include the U.S., U.K., Portugal, India, and Germany. ↑320% in audience YoY; 1 in 10 followers hit play within 24 hours of dropping a new episode; while 1 in 7 binge episodes weekly. Listen to hear the insights for you poetry enthusiasts on Poetry in Eden 2025...

Fate is the set of circumstances we cannot control. The conditions and events that shape our lives without our choosing. Fate shapes the world around us, but our response to it shapes who we are; in loving fate, we claim our freedom within it. www.feliciaiyamu.com

We cannot command the cosmos, but we can choose the radiance with which we meet it! Einstein’s equation E = mc² shows that the universe is built on transformation: matter and energy are not fixed, separate substances but interchangeable forms of one underlying reality. www.feliciaiyamu.com

This is a continuation of episodes 49 and 50. Read along at feliciaiyamu.substack.com Manifestation is easy and instant. Let your desired reality by defined, not confined, by trusting the divine unfolding. We must remain consistently aware of our beliefs, perceptions, expectations, focus, reactions, convictions and energetically charged thoughts, aligning them with our desired reality. Scarcity is...

This week is a poem and I hope all the poetry enthusiasts enjoy it! This poem has received some of the most positive feedback and will be in the upcoming book, book #2, of the Poetry in Eden series.

This is a continuation of last week's episode #49. I recommend listening to that one before diving into this one as it acts as a foundation for the complex concepts related to quantum physics. Summary of this week's episode: All things aside, we create “the rules” for our reality. Beliefs play a huge part in this. A master manifestor ignores the external reality and has faith in their “end-state”...

This episodes explores Hermetic philosophy and manifestation. We explore the idea that spirituality without the ability to shape one’s reality is vanity. To be “in this world but not of it” is not an escape from the human condition; it is an invitation to inhabit it more deliberately. We understand the world outside us is often only the delayed reflection of the world within. "As within so without...

Let’s talk about grief. Heck, nobody wants to talk about death, dying, or grieving. I know that. . .but here we are. If you’ve ever grieved something (well, to be honest, that’s a given because it is a part of the human experience), this one is for you. feliciaiyamu.substack.com www.feliciaiyamu.com