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Fractured Images
There is always a burden, of course–a sadder or heavier side to all the ecstatic dancing–a wound to the healer, a spider bite to the heel. Something, in us or in the universe, requires balance. Dancing was never an escape … Continue reading
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The Lovers Encore
After sharing the texts of One Week of Nights and Days, I realized that the story of The Lovers would lend it more meaning to most readers, and recalled that I had already told the story of that life-altering vision … Continue reading
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One Week of Nights and Days
I have spoken of kundalini–that is what runs through all this work. The following pieces are very special to me because of the circumstances that brought them. Pamela was a local midwife who had never had children. I first heard … Continue reading
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Always Easter
Here is another late-night instant lyric. The Christian imagery is plain, but so is something pagan running alongside it. Poetry meant so much to me when I was young, obsessed me so entirely at times, that I swore to do … Continue reading
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Tail-Biter, Explained
Here is another ‘tail-biter’–a species of poem in which the ending rings round and reveals the beginning in a different light. Go back and reread, and it will be a different poem that it was the first time. These poems … Continue reading
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Lonely Working
‘Here’ is a little story of how I came to be. Late at night and quick as lightning: 6 May 2024 Your Lonely… She came dressed in a robe of such shimmering colors– look at the state of my arms’ … Continue reading
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Slippers
It was late at night, as usual. Lines started running through my head. A bit of whimsy slipped through, although it’s serious too. We are slippers in the sense of ‘time slips,’ slipping into the Imaginal: 4 May 2024 In … Continue reading
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Singing-Over
The rain just started pouring down outside. I am so happy to hear it. I love rain–this is a rainy coastal place, and it has never yet rained too much for me. The sound of it brings quietness with it … Continue reading
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Tagged epitaph, formal verse, imaginal, imagination, lyric verse, magical working, memorial poem, poetry, spirituality
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The Meditation Cave
When I was 17 years old, I had a Big Dream that initiated me into poetry. It left me with questions that have slowly started to find answers over the years. My guide in the dream led me through water … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, formal verse, imaginal, imagination, love magic, lyric, magic, muse, mystic, mysticism, nonduality, poetic mysteries, poetry, taoism, verse, vision, visionary
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Looking Both Ways
I’m almost afraid to look back, but on reflecting, I think yesterday’s poem played a little trick on me. Why did bees appear? They have priors, but why just then? And birds all of a sudden? Oh. The Birds and … Continue reading
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Rain Harp 