snow joke

  here i am still and centered and calm   all is perfect   until the world tilts and shakes   and a blizzard of love tumbles from the sky obscuring what was with its mystic crystal snow-flakery   i am taken apart my heart cracking open old and over used in service of everyone …

Letting Go

                         "The Pain shows you what is left to investigate." Byron Katie   I can’t let you go- because in reality- you are not mine to let go of – You are You- And being the most wonderful version of you that you can …

Dreaming

I close my eyes to dream a dream Sister drum tones the way Birch sisterhood circle Shimmering iridescent blues Spiralling into the beyond Spirit of place that holds my heart Turtle comes to guide me on my journey Into fluidity we glide together Spirits merged My place of counsel awaits Sky Lodge beings hold space …

stoned love

Earth stone and sky sing this song of magic sounding the names as incantations on the four winds to whisper in your prescence Moel Tŷ Uchaf o gymru* Tara ó chroílár na muire** Boscawen-Un in the ancient land of Kernow Castlerigg and Arbour Low in fair England Machrie Moor and Callanish on Scottish islands A land …

how to make a poem

  find somewhere to lie down close your eyes not so tight relax... listen... breathe... everything you need is in this moment but you must be the one to decide what not to write or think even and so allow the magic of the morning dew to form words of it's own let the wind …

pillow talk

Having hosted a dVerse prompt recently on the ghazal form I have spent some more time studying it and decided to pen another for myself. There may be a series of these as it is a form that speaks to me. Here i make use of both the refrain (RADIF), this lone pillow, and a …

Come the Light

  this parabolic transit arcs to a still-point a reflective moment among cycles of time we watch for the return of the sun or the son perhaps? either way there is hope a glimmer an ember a spark long buried in the heart of winter's icy repose this pregnant darkness   and it was always …

Slainte

Sit a little while and drink with me i would pour you a glass of poetry tall  and clear with intent   may it taste ~ of all the summers that you were young and free enough to graze your knees and elbows in the theatre of play ~ of that first strawberry-sweet kiss that formed your heart …

who looks?

Kerry is hosting at Toads. Greetings to all! Today is the day we put the "mini' back into the Sunday Mini-Challenge, and return to the option of form poetry. The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but you may write in fewer than 10 lines all …

find your way

Two nights ago I was fortunate to see Rising Appalachia live in Glasgow. I have followed their journey from afar for some years and have taught a version of a traditional West African song called Sunu in my drum classes, which they have recorded so beautifully....so this was a special night for me. They did …