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Collaborative Alchemy
Collaborative Alchemy (a collaborative poem) Our human capacity to take inAnd make sense of the worldTogether. “We are not in Kansas anymore.”We are three dimensional,And our center of gravity is shifting.The world is grieving itself.The world is healing itself....
Jasmine
Jasmine (from Brainstorms) The scent of jasmine on the trailbrings me back to the window seatin my bedroom on Napoli Drive. It’s funny how nostalgia creeps injust when I need most to remember. Sitting on the front porch with Dadand picking strawberriesfor our homemade...
Heartbroken
Heartbroken (from Within My Illusions & Artwise Poetry Cards) This is what a broken heart feels like: A pressure just behind my sternumand suddenly I can’t breathe. An ache radiating in all directionsslowly rendering me numb,as though a steady drip of...
Fences
Fences (from Within My Illusions) it was always meant to be temporary.intended to be removed and replaced by something with more substance. the pliant green wirewas barely strong enoughto support the weight of the canyon.vines crept up and overuntil the fence bowed in...
Possibility
Possibility (from Within My Illusions & Artwise Poetry Cards) Possibility came to visit meIn an early morning dream.She was cloaked in all potentialAnd veiled in mystery. I almost didn’t answerWhen she roused me from the deep, Urged me to pick up the pen‘Stead of...
Changing the World
Changing the World (from Brainstorms) Sometimes it feelslike I pass my dayslost in my headand a cup of tea. But secretly,quietly,magnificently, I am changing the world.
A Different Answer
A Different Answer She said to me,“If you want a different answer,You’re going to need to ask Different questions.” What is this world? What is this world? What world is this? Lingers on morning fog And dusky evening sky. As if the mind could grasp An answer that was...
Event Horizon
Event Horizon Out of view,But so close I canFeel it. A thousand-petaled lotus Unfolds luminescent,Aquamarine, pearlescent. It starts from the heart. It’s in the heart. It is the heart. And though I can’t imagine A future where this all works out,I can choose to...
Training Wheels
Training Wheels (from Within My Illusions) My dad held onto the back of the seatthe first time I rode my bikewithout training wheels. “Don’t let go,” I pleaded. I wasn’t aware of when the bikeslipped out of his grip,but I can still feel the momentof bringing myself...
The Landscape Is Always Changing
The Landscape Is Always Changing (from Within My Illusions) The landscape is always changing.This year the sage along the highway seems bigger,the snow on the mountains dwindles, and smoke is thick as clouds.We are afraid of the fire. The landscape is always...
Circularity
Circularity I wonder whether it’s the leaves That lose their trees, Which remain stubbornly Upright and still,Even as leaves surrender To a passing breeze,The lessening of light,The delicate needs of their host. Midwives and doulas,Weaving timeBackwards and...
On the Curious Paradox of Being Seen
On the Curious Paradox of Being Seen (from Within My Illusions) ContradictionIt’s curious I feelthe simultaneous desire to be seenand the fear of beingvisible. ImpermanenceI am constantly changing. Even now as you turn your gazeand your eyes meet mine,I will shift in...
A Different Version of Me
A Different Version of Me (from Brainstorms &Artwise Poetry Cards) Perhaps you’d like to seea different version of me? Maybe sweet and silly,flirty and frilly,strong and stable,or adept and able? Could I be fiercely faithful,totally tasteful,shockingly shrewd,or...
Tipping Point
Tipping Point (from Sanctuary) I’m startled by this field of milkweed,which seems to have sprouted overnight. At first I thought,New growth; new life.But isn’t it the same lifeburied unseen for many months,now visible in an instant? Isn’t this the new growthof the...
Tuning to the Pulse of Love
Tuning to the Pulse of Love There is no greater doing than trusting in the universal flow of lifeand your connection to it. Trust your connection.Trust your intuition.Trust your embodied sense of timing. If doubt should ever enter your heart and mind,close your eyes...
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction (from Brainstorms) Do you try to find order in chaos,The calm in the eye of the storm?Do you search for the perfect solutionTo a problem that’s not yet been formed? If I stand in a room full of dominoesAnd knock over one with my toe,Should I try to stop...