Where Mindfulness Meets the Muses!

Slow Lightning Lit is somatic meditation and daily community writing practice online, out of which publishing and fine literary events are imagined,

Welcome to Slow Lightning Lit, where somatic meditation and synaptic engagement, merge with

Dobreer’s passion for poetry and publishing a few exceptional books of poetry.

Slow Lightning Lit invites you to visit and offers online memberships for daily practice.

“Dobreer’s approach is magical.” - Janet Fitch, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral

We foster a mindful, whimsical, committed community of poets and writers who engage actively as their schedules allow, united by a passion for listening, expression, and connection through guided silence, prompts for writing, and gentle feedback.

“Peggy not only deepens our craft, but helps us deepen our understanding of why we write.”

- Arthur Kazakian, Book of Redacted Paintings

M-F one hour daily online, 8:30am-9:30am PST, in the comfort of your home, our Zoom room.

About the Founder

Peggy Dobreer

Peggy Dobreer is Founder and Curator of Slow Lightning Lit, and editor of Slow Lightning: Impractical Poetry  and Slow Lightning: Astonished Poetry.  She is best known as Lena's mom, a Los Angeles poet, former dancer, four-time pushcart nominee, and author of three published collections: Forbidden Plums 2021, Glass Lyre Press, Drop and Dazzle 2018 and In the Lake of Your Bones 2012, with Moon Tide Press.

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Bookstore Spotlight

PRE-ORDER “Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake” by Bill Ratner

Slow Lightning Press is proud to announce the pre-order of “Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake.” Written by voice actor, poet and nine time ‘MOTH’ StorySLAM Champion Bill Ratner, this grief induced poetry, by a multi-genre artist who is also a grief counselor in the state of California, is unlike any other poetry of grief you’ve ever read. Ratner uses laser specificity, broad humor, and mounds of surprise in language and image to elevate his ‘lament’ to a must have collection of poetry. Pre-order your signed copy now! Book releases on October 31, 2024. Celebration on November 16th, 3pm at Red Hen Press performance space in Pasadena. Save the Date!

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