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Lunar Honor

Lunar HonorWhat a fun honorIt must be To be a Super Moon!To reflect So brilliantlyThe Light of theSonTo be able At timesTo duck Behind the cloudsAnd hide from the worldTo emergeAt timesA mere halfOf oneselfOr evenA crescent!To illuminateA winter nightWith the ScintillationOf a million diamondsReflecting off the Snow-covered landscapeTo be the cause Of insomniaAnd maybeContinue reading “Lunar Honor”

Love Off the Page

Love Off the PageThe Power of LoveWordsTwo dimensional lettersClusteredArrangedLifelessColdAnd yetWhen witnessedWhen you standIn the kitchenAnd have the honorOf being presentFor an embraceOf brothersYour heartChanges formPuffs upWith warmthGrows outwardPushing its Self-imposedBoundariesFilling your eyesThreatening tearsAn involuntarySmile AppearsThere is a nearPalpable energyElectric-likeZipping throughThe roomIn these momentsYou knowThere is PowerIn LoveIn these momentsYou knowLife is PreciousIn these moments CurrentContinue reading “Love Off the Page”

November Robins

Breast the colorOf weathered bricksShiny black headOf the maleDuller charcoal black Of the femaleDirty yellow beakFeathers charcoal greyBeads of black for eyesAccentuated by rings of whiteIt is the eyesWhich captivateSeeming to penetrate Deeply into my soulThey remain fixedNot deterredBy my return gazeIn IrelandThe robin (spideog) Is considered to beSacredBelieved to haveAcquired its red chest fromContinue reading “November Robins”

Spirit in Creation: Two Women, One Vision Finding Peace and Truth in Creation

This video is of one of the poems from my new book, written with Marjorie Burke. The video, as you can see, done months after the poem was written!

From Spirit in Creation: Two Women, One Vision Finding Peace and Truth in Creation

Love

LoveAs a person of faith and wonderAs a resident of this troubled countryOf this hurting world,As a personI believeThat Love is the answerLove healsComforts, supportsIncludes, affirmsLove is an energy for goodThat energy will bring peaceAnd compassionTo the human heartThen from each heartOpen to witnessingExpressing loveIn all its formsThere will be ripplesWhich will spread to ourContinue reading “Love”

There is Joy

There is joyIn being understood And acceptedEven in the understanding There is joyIn being in the presenceOf one who truly cares about youWithout judgement Fear of failureOf not measuring upOf not being seenAs perfectAll melt away And as fear dissipatesJoy expandsFills, liftsLife blossoms Life can be so hardIn the presence of rancorAnd passionate disagreementIn aContinue reading “There is Joy”

Check out this video!

The book is called Spirit in Creation: Two Women, One Vision Finding Peace and Truth in Creation. It was written by myself and Marjorie Burke. It is a “story” of a year + in our lives when we immersed ourselves in creation and wrote what moved us. It was a year of turmoil in ourContinue reading “Check out this video!”

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Dawn

DawnAlleluia!Another day has emergedFrom the dark of nightA brilliant blood orange globe climbsFrom its birthing bedOn distant shoreIts beauty growsAs it risesIts image reflecting offThe morning looking glassRepeating from shore to shoreIts beauty enhancedWith strings of brillianceLike blinking Christmas lightsStrung acrossThe tiny ripples frosting mid lakeEthereal wisps of moistureWaft across the lakeDancing a minuetIn celebrationContinue reading “Dawn”