Category Archives: poetry

Fate’s In a Roil

Posted on September 22, 2016 by J

I wrote a pretty good post for this piece, then lost it in trying to upload it.  Thank goodness I always compose real poems in Word and copy and paste my new lines here. Just so you know, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You Can Never, Never…

Posted on September 7, 2016 by J

…not have told me this. My mind dreams asleep, awake, and my spirit is always singing. This world, this earthly world in which I live, each September is rife with young new animals and food and, although we know the … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Season of Mists

Posted on September 5, 2016 by J

This time of year, my neighbors think about fungi. Nourishing, healing, entheogenic–whatever they mean to any one person, they mean fascination to me. Of course they are intelligent. Of course they communicate, with each other, and with us. Haven’t checked … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

In This, and Any Other Hour

Posted on August 15, 2016 by J

Less than one hour ago: 15 August 2016 13 All Feathers, Under Skin She’s laid aside the supple skin of woven silk that graced your nights for such a long, uneven time, the ghost who goes through shaded lights and … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thoughts I’ve Been Thinking

Posted on June 30, 2016 by J

Oh, you know perfectly well it’s just another damned poem! Poetry, I love you so much, if you had a human body, I would know I am a ghost. Tonight, scarce ten minutes ago: We Have Borne This Before No … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My Dear, Strange, Familiar Blog

Posted on June 16, 2016 by J

English is nominally my native language, but really, my source of expression and strength is song.  This has been a terrible week in my country and among my loved ones, so of course I have turned my heart and hearing … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Pridal Twilight Song

Posted on June 10, 2016 by J

Oh, never mind any commentary. Here is what my calling, and my answering, brought to me tonight: 10 June 2016 10 No One’s Dead, and No One’s Died They’ve neither tree nor limb on which to build a nest that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in gay, gay rights, imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Weird, but Weirdly Wise

Posted on June 8, 2016 by J

8 June 2016 8 In Sight of What’s Wise My shivering ghost awoke lonely last morning, its thin cotton sheets soaked right through, and so cold. Why the high window lay wide open all through the night, I don’t know, … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Words shared softly with another…

Posted on June 7, 2016 by J

Don’t mind; it was only a comment shared on another blog.  This is the whole of it, with the poem I shared: Is it all right if I share too much, having just listened to your wonderful singing readings, thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Still

Posted on April 26, 2016 by J

Surely this is all still part of anniversary grief.  He was brilliant, but more than that, he was infinitely imaginative and kind.  My forever friend, you are always welcome to dream with me, and tell me everything. 26 April 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in imagination, literature, love, loving-kindness, poetry, song, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment