Camas Waves
Camas spreads in lilac waves beside a slack tide sea; seals fish along the rocks, gulls plaint their echoing calls, songbirds sing from the thorny brush. Snow covered peaks rise in the distance, the sky pale blue with white clouds barely moving in a windless sky. Divining the peace in my heart most of me […]
Cup of Peace
I’m up early for the hour of quiet when the awakened earth softly steps into the garden of becoming. Sunlight touches the sea, trees drink deep in the forest and I sip on the cup of peace offered to each searching soul who rises with the dawn. […]
Carriage of Soul
Eagles sing in the tall firs as light bathes the island; songbirds call out, the air rich with music. I’m not as quiet as the trees though my roots sink and spread in the web of beauty. I tried cleansing the world but my work was here, scraping the rust off this carriage of soul […]
Hunger for Peace
Strong winds sway the trees while a full moon lies hidden behind layers of cloud. At dawn light rain showers the metal roof. From a far distance the hunger for peace crosses the sea. What can I do but receive the message and let my begging bowl of quiet be stirred by morning wind. […]
Open to the Stars
High up the tall mountain a cap of glacial snow shines bright in the setting sun. The waters lie calm between the islands, warm air tinged with smoke from the fires north in Canada. Still as a hawk, I sit studying the sea, learning to breathe with the tide and gather in light like the […]
As We Continue
Dolphins fish the tide line while I drop a threaded coil to the dark within, my hook baited with the worm of desire, the waters of imagination stirred by the cast. You are down there among the remembered faces looking up to the light that shines in darkness. I remember your gifts – the paper […]
She Offers Herself
Though you’ve wandered far and forsaken the familiar, who called you to become like the earth long enduring? She waits in winter dark, alive in the night beside wind driven seas. She offers Herself to all who approach Her, a gift beyond reckoning, bittersweet and rich with the presence of the eternal. […]
Before the Sky Grows Dark
Massive white clouds bank against the mountains while a blue gray blanket spreads over the sea. Nootka roses bloom as the camas wilt and fade. The chitter of birds in the forest, the cry of gulls across the bay and the slow beating of my heart. The ease of love where her face is unveiled […]
On This Quiet Shore
You won’t find me in those old haunts, the cobblestone streets above the river where metal bridges and railroad tracks lead to the iron bound city. I acted the fool, irresponsible and careless, but there was method in my madness, following the stars and dirt roads to be with wild geese and towering trees. In […]
Blessing Way
In first light the clouded skies lift, sun burning through to warm and awaken. Quiet lies upon the land with the sound of birds and echoing calls of nesting geese. Heavens open to the waiting earth, intimate the touch on a rising whale, the throb of hummingbird and this human heart, given as the ancients […]
May You Walk in Beauty
We are an old people, among the first the stories say, who walked the land when fresh with the Creator’s touch. Though scarred with years of trouble yet we sing the blessing songs, greeting the Sun each day with the thankfulness it deserves. And sing for you a song of belonging, child of a distant […]
Our Promise
This time is like all the rest only different. This time we won’t forget kind words. This time we’ll understand how pain can change you. This time we’ll call on heaven to guide us through the chaos and bless the earth with seeds of love. This time we won’t be deceived. This time we will […]
Where Dreams are Crafted
I hadn’t found you though I’d looked in the branches above and roots below the street, in the faces of the serious and the moon behind clouds. Searching high and low I came up empty until I looked in the space where the heart softly beats, where dreams are crafted, and in the silence without […]
In the Hour Before Dawn
Tell you what I’ll do. I’ll scrub the world with steel wool, scrape away the grimy bits of cruelty and war, put soap and water to sorrow and despair. Fresh flowers on all the graves, remembrances for the forgotten. Silence to cleanse the tangle of sound then starlight for speaking. When you awake, you’ll find […]
Gospel of Innocence
Easter 2023 Surrounded by noise it’s difficult to discern how life each day speaks through starlight and the colors of spring. Tiny birds flit about, rivers loosen as ice releases its grip and though your body descends in the arc of age the inner voice remains clear. Why take up the sword the closed hearted […]