Poet's Journal
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God’s Idea
In the quiet dark earth nurtures her future below the cold wet ground. Forests wait in embryo, plants and flowers…
Welcome
Welcome darkness, fear and blight, welcome suffering, welcome night. Welcome the beautiful, desert and seas, welcome the mountains, welcome the…
Stranger to the Beautiful
Dropping like rain, I fall into a new year of starless nights and wet gray dawns, when crows return to…
Solstice Ladder
Down I go the solstice ladder to the crib where phantoms dwell, wearing the cloth of my familiar they cut…
Gift Forever
Christmas 2024 Voices joined in the dark, singing out the word of life, open and receive the birth of light,…
Solstice Cathedral
Along the cracked sidewalks and traffic choked streets, beneath the winter barren of leafless trees, I gather the litter of…
River of Grace
Quiet as fallen leaves, I search the dawn for signs of belonging, signals of faith. Crows fill the rooftops, rain…
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…
Let the Earth Approach
The night is clouded, close with rain, evergreens sway in shadow; darkness comforts. I let the earth approach, tree and…
Braced Below Ground
White capped waves lift across the sea as winter storms blow in from the south. Bending to the force without…
Growing Feathers
Clouds descend on the island with the sound of foghorns and cries of geese. Somewhere hidden above sun and stars…
Wind Blessed Sea
Sunlight on a wind blessed sea, the earth green and alive in the ritual of everyday beauty. I practice silence…
Leave to the Silence
Putting faith in what passes I am abandoned, while the earth remains in green face shining. The dark of night…
Sweeping the Temple
Dawn on a steel gray sea, the rain-cleansed earth breathes; ancient trees and freshened grass share the hallowed space. Quietly…
Wealth of Winters
Old roots reach deep water, travel through hardpan and stone to the well beneath the earth. There the wealth of…
Caverns of Peace
The blue gray morning signals autumn’s approach with the clouds of late summer. The green world breathes under gentle rain; mosses come to life, green
Place of Solace
Sunlight on the water this cool September morning, with rain clouds over the distant island; the earth pitch-perfect in communion. It took a lifetime of
Plain Chant
In the dawn hour the sea lies flat between tides, no wind or movement, only the quiet of the coming day. As the sun rises
Angels of Light
Communion is hard to come by when so much is based on untruth. Addiction to lying demands increasing doses, until the body collapses under the
Prayer of Silent Truth
My cask of praise empty, the last words of thankfulness consumed in the burnt forest, I struggle to the altar heart weary and without solace.
In this Moment
The morning won’t deceive you with its freshened air and sound of birds. You needn’t rely on memory; the timeless touch is on every plant.
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