Welcome
Welcome darkness, fear and blight, welcome suffering, welcome night. Welcome the beautiful, desert and seas, welcome the mountains, welcome the trees. Welcome ignorance, violence and pain, welcome the homeless, welcome the rain. Welcome the thoughtful giver of gifts, welcome the lame, welcome the swift. Welcome the womb, the seed and flower, welcome the timeless, welcome […]
Stranger to the Beautiful
Dropping like rain, I fall into a new year of starless nights and wet gray dawns, when crows return to silent evergreens as I search and shovel to excavate joy. The earth opens, then down I tumble into a vault of spring seeds, perfect and unbroken. The goddess of night protects these treasures, and I, […]
Solstice Ladder
Down I go the solstice ladder to the crib where phantoms dwell, wearing the cloth of my familiar they cut and tear, so heartless in the gloom. I can’t save them, no one can, but in the night work of suffering and separation, soulful needles pierce the lie, threads of compassion draw the riven cloth. […]
Gift Forever
Christmas 2024 Voices joined in the dark, singing out the word of life, open and receive the birth of light, gift forever to the living. Reading of “Gift Forever” with music by Voces8
Solstice Cathedral
Along the cracked sidewalks and traffic choked streets, beneath the winter barren of leafless trees, I gather the litter of holiness, tossed aside and left for trash. With scraps of paper, messages forlorn and forgotten, I piece together a mandala, rose window of pilgrim light for the solstice dark cathedral. […]
River of Grace
Quiet as fallen leaves, I search the dawn for signs of belonging, signals of faith. Crows fill the rooftops, rain on wet streets, the droop of willow and grinding of trucks. Then I find you at rest in the holy, carried within me wherever I go. Doors unlock, windows open, firelight of being in your […]
Waiting for the Signal
With darkness past its peak, sunlight charms the rain-soaked valley after weeks of clouded skies. Beneath the paved streets of departed forests, there is the pulse of new-earth heartbeat, waiting only for the signal to be born Reading of “Waiting for the Signal” […]
Let the Earth Approach
The night is clouded, close with rain, evergreens sway in shadow; darkness comforts. I let the earth approach, tree and tide, the sound of wind, sweep of the sea, and from the core of root and stone the flow of grace fills my vessel. […]
Braced Below Ground
White capped waves lift across the sea as winter storms blow in from the south. Bending to the force without breaking, wind strengthens root, trees braced below ground, joining hands in the earth. Reading of “Braced Below Ground” with music by Darkside
Growing Feathers
Clouds descend on the island with the sound of foghorns and cries of geese. Somewhere hidden above sun and stars continue, while below I’m motionless as the silent trees. Fledgling in the nest of great mother, I sip at her knowledge, growing feathers for the flight to come. Reading of “Growing Feathers” […]
Wind Blessed Sea
Sunlight on a wind blessed sea, the earth green and alive in the ritual of everyday beauty. I practice silence with deep rooted trees, letting gravity of the timeless draw me within to the palace of the eternal. Ancient ones greet my presence, scrolls of my story lying in wait. I visit with the unforgiven […]
Leave to the Silence
Putting faith in what passes I am abandoned, while the earth remains in green face shining. The dark of night and sweep of the tide, the temple of my heart as I care for the quiet. Sweep off my tracks, wipe clean the vessel. Whatever I’ve gathered I leave to the silence. […]
Sweeping the Temple
Dawn on a steel gray sea, the rain-cleansed earth breathes; ancient trees and freshened grass share the hallowed space. Quietly I sweep the inner temple where dust gathered and ill feelings linger; the injuries of violence repaired with silence. Windows open to the sea and early light; bells of awareness softly chime with thanksgiving. […]
Wealth of Winters
Old roots reach deep water, travel through hardpan and stone to the well beneath the earth. There the wealth of many winters, full with light upon the sea, morning quiet and moving tide. Moments that rise again to heal the ache of darkness, and feed the earth as I’ve been fed. […]
Holy Rosary
Flood tide fills the coves and beaches, with sunlight bright on a calm sea. Beauty enters the hollow places, bringing peace to heart and mind as hunger vanishes. The glow of dew on fresh grass, rich mosses in tricolor green, and quiet presence of the earth form a holy rosary, strung bead by bead into […]