Poet's Journal

Journal Entries

Way of Water

The journey to their new world mired step by slogging step in the rain-soaked bog, feeding ground and sanctuary to countless birds and fish, to

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Hardened Cleft

Unhappy with immovable mass, he remembers water, how wind rises in the south. Recalling motion something moves in him, a breath where there was constriction

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Lifting the Weight

Look into the morning sun during the first hour, when the brilliant fire turns light into awareness of origin, reverence and the unexpected. As we

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Looking Up She Rises

Old memories stir like the coal bed of a log fire, fierce heat of distant times when the circle was intact and joy unclouded. We

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Gravity of Belief

The wandering soul, one foot before another, moving yet not moved as if constant motion, would avoid the imprint of something or someone to fear

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Private Joy

Crows circle the predawn sky, their flock of dark wings making impossible turns, pivoting with the certainty of a thousand feathers, their delight a private

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