Widen the LensWiden the lensPull your gazeOff the uglyFor even a momentRefocusThe sadnessThe heartless destructionOf livesAnd livelihoodsOf buildingsAnd homesRemains in The field of visionBut take awayIts all-consumingPowerOver your heartSee alsoThe feathered friendsFlyingWith abandonResting now Upon nakedBranchesSee also the fringes of iceDecorating the edgesOf the comfortersWhich lay Upon the River rocksSee alsoThe tree trunksReflectedIn the stillnessOfContinue reading “Widen the Lens”
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Find the Ember
Find the EmberSadnessFear ConfusionDistrustGuiltShameAngerSadnessAll seethingWithinPressingFrom all sidesThreateningExplosionThe worldOn fireInnocent livesDestroyedCollateral damageHomesInfrastructureYears of workUp in flamesWhere is love?Can we find spaceIn our troubled heartsFor love?Can we step awayFrom the noiseSmoke, liesAnd find the peaceWe requireTo clear our visionGrieve our lossesCan we step awayAnd acknowledgeThe shameWe may feelAs citizensOf this country and the monumentalFrustration Overtaking usas weContinue reading “Find the Ember”
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Together, We are Massive
Together, We are MassiveThe news worsensI am confoundedMy confidence goneWho am IAs a memberOf this countryPreviously proud to be soNow embarrassedSaddenedGrieved by the egregiousActionsAnd threatsOf our preposterous president.I know not what to doI lie awake. Awake.Hour after hourSick with worryHopeless as I am helplessTo fix, to mitigate evenDisaster after disaster.From deep in the privateRecessesOf myContinue reading “Together, We are Massive”
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”
Crumbs for the Journey 