Transactions with Beauty

Shawna Lemay

Hi.

Welcome to
Transactions with Beauty.
Thanks for being here.
I hope that this is a space that inspires you to add something beautiful to the world. I truly believe that
you are required to make something beautiful.

– Shawna

The Library as a Gymnasium for the Soul

Sep 6

Sep 6 The Library as a Gymnasium for the Soul

contemplate, appreciate

4 Poems About Summer's End

Sep 1

Sep 1 4 Poems About Summer's End

5 Poems about Typewriters

Aug 23

Aug 23 5 Poems about Typewriters

Staying with the Soul

Aug 9

Aug 9 Staying with the Soul

It's Not Having What You Want

Jul 29

Jul 29 It's Not Having What You Want

Light, Patience, Your Life as Art, and Other Urgencies

Jul 14

Jul 14 Light, Patience, Your Life as Art, and Other Urgencies

Change Your Soul

Jul 6

Jul 6 Change Your Soul

All the Information is Already There

Jun 20

Jun 20 All the Information is Already There

On Poetry's Possible Worlds by Lesley Wheeler

Jun 10

Jun 10 On Poetry's Possible Worlds by Lesley Wheeler

Of Messages and Messengers

Jun 3

Jun 3 Of Messages and Messengers

The Scent of Light by Kristjana Gunnars

May 27

May 27 The Scent of Light by Kristjana Gunnars

Drawing Out the Creativity

May 18

May 18 Drawing Out the Creativity

The Imaginative Listener

May 10

May 10 The Imaginative Listener

5 More Poems for Loss, Grief, Consolation

May 5

May 5 5 More Poems for Loss, Grief, Consolation

Apr 27

Apr 27 Beauty School

Sustain the Gaze

Apr 23

Apr 23 Sustain the Gaze

A Day is a Bowl, or, How and Why I’m Reading Poetry Now

Apr 16

Apr 16 A Day is a Bowl, or, How and Why I’m Reading Poetry Now

Renewing My Vows to Beauty

Apr 6

Apr 6 Renewing My Vows to Beauty

Kinds of Photography

Mar 31

Mar 31 Kinds of Photography

A Certain Devastation

Mar 24

Mar 24 A Certain Devastation