The Written Voice

Poetry has its own place here.

Some poems become songs. Others remain exactly what they were meant to be: words on a page, spoken aloud in the voice that wrote them.

Spoken Word

Read it. Hear it. Let it sit with you.

Selected poems are paired with Lioness Zen reading them in her own speaking voice, giving the words another way to be heard.

Poem + Spoken Word

Who Am I?

The poem that eventually became the first Lioness Zen song. Here, it can also live again in its original spoken form.

Poem + Spoken Word

Soul Petals Beneath the Snow

The original poem, heard in the voice that wrote it.

More to Come

The poetry shelf will keep growing.

More poems and spoken readings will be added here from the Lioness Zen collection. For first word on new additions, behind-the-song notes and early looks at what I’m creating next, stay connected through the newsletter. Sign up here.

Two Paths

Not every poem needs a melody.

The Poetry page honors the words themselves. The Poetry to Music page follows the different path, what happened when a poem crossed into arrangement, phrasing and song.

Poetry to Music
Lioness Zen writing at a desk
Stay Close to the Music

New songs. New stories. No noise.

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