<p>Mystic poet Chelan Harkin doesn't write poems, she transmits them. At 21, after giving herself permission to write a "bad poem" every day, a creative channel cracked open and poems have flowed through her ever since.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Her work has drawn comparisons to Rumi, Hafiz and Khalil Gibran. Poets whose words slip beneath the thinking mind to reach something deeper, older and more alive within us.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Celebrating World Poetry Day this month, this episode features Chelan speaking with Wonderstruck's Elizabeth Rovere about:</p><p>✦ How a Hafiz poem she heard at 17 unlocked her heart and set her entire path in motion</p><p>✦ The "bad poem experiment" and how permission to fail became the key to creative flow</p><p>✦ How praying to her favourite dead poets led to a synchronicity that changed everything</p><p>✦ How our deepest fears, when met with consciousness, can transform into our strongest allies</p><p>✦ The extraordinary story behind her book The Prophetess which stands in conversation with Gibran’s The Prophet</p><br><p>This is a conversation for anyone who has suspected that the sacred isn’t elsewhere, but closer, more available and more alive than we ever dared to believe.</p><br><p>00:00:00 Introduction</p><p>00:07:06 The Poem That Changed Everything</p><p>00:13:47 The "Bad Poem Experiment"</p><p>00:19:22 Say Wow: The Poem That Went Viral</p><p>00:23:44 Praying To Her Favourite Dead Poets</p><p>00:30:50 The Meaning Of Authentic Service</p><p>00:35:55 Suffering and Our Great Cocoon</p><p>00:39:21 Writing The Prophetess</p><p>00:43:33 Meeting Hajjar Gibran</p><p>00:51:53 Fear as a Life Force</p><p>00:58:32 Closing Reflections</p><br><p>Follow Chelan Harkin:&nbsp;</p><p>Website: https://chelanharkinpoetry.com/&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chelanharkin/&nbsp;</p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chani.harkin&nbsp;</p><p>Find all Chelan's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B08PL55XMD&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow Wonderstruck:</p><p>Website: https://wonderstruck.org</p><p>Substack: https://newsletter.wonderstruck.org</p><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wonderstruckpod</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wonderstruckpod/&nbsp;</p><p>TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wonderstruckpod</p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wonderstruckpod</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wonderstruck/id1671879661&nbsp;</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6fS5boWGwYTShddG7SKlVw</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>