What would you say if I told you that a Bangalore taxi ride is the way to enlightenment? Forget India's temples and Holy cities. This is the most profound manifestation of the mystical divine in operation that you can experience. Read on dear seeker, read on 😉 This morning I took an Uber across Bangalore … Continue reading Traffic Jamming
Category: Spirituality
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 … Continue reading snow joke
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 … Continue reading Letting Go
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 … Continue reading Dreaming
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 TÅ· Uchaf o gymru* Tara ó chroÃlár 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 … Continue reading stoned love
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 … Continue reading how to make a poem
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 … Continue reading pillow talk
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 … Continue reading Come the Light
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 … Continue reading Slainte
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 … Continue reading who looks?