Quietness – Feb. 17, 2020
Inside this new love, die.Your way begins on the other side.Become the sky.Take an axe to the prison wall.Escape.Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.Do it now.You are covered with thick cloud. Slide out the side. Die, and be quiet. Quietness is the surest signthat you have died. Your old life was a frantic runningfrom silence. The […]
Fresh Meaning – Feb. 7, 2020
Bless the poets, the workers for justice, the dancers of ceremony, the singers of heartache, the visionaries, all makers and carriers of fresh meaning– We will all make it through, despite politics and wars, despite failures and misunderstandings. There is only love. –Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, opening dedication for Owen Chopoksa Sapulpa
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep – Nov. 15, 2019
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful […]
Back Into Herself – Nov. 14, 2019
A billion times God has turned man Into Himself You stand in line for the Highest gift For his generosity cannot end. But best to bring an instrument along While waiting in the cold desert And make some dulcet sounds To accompany the palms’ swaying arms That are casting silhouettes Against the sky’s curtain From […]
