poetry
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Treasure
Hidden in the dew, unbidden and away from your daily new, a treasure enfolded in the now– its gift is nothing and it gives it all to you. From Skye Stephenson, Mystic Mourn: Poems (2015) Continue reading
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The Circle of Peace
The Circle of Peace Extends in infinite directions Wherever you look Whenever you sleep It resides in your baby’s cry And in your lover’s sigh It is infinitely wide And just as high Especially when you don’t go looking for it But rather embrace it just where you are Just as you are A shining Continue reading
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Turquoise Eagle Wings
Yesterday’s rhymes don’t work anymore — Don’t you know bro’ that we’re in another space another place. The river’s run dry The earth no longer touches the sky. Insides are out and my belly button’s shriveled and dried. Clouds of adamant fumes: The lights always burn — No refuge. No wonder they cry in the Continue reading
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I
I I wanted to be other than I I wanted to be you and it and they Anything but I What a terrible I am I! I wanted to be other than I I wanted to be a rainbow a leaf aquiet doe nuzzling in the dark I wanted to be other than I, anything Continue reading
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SHINING LIFE
It is only when we give up the strife; moving forward to create a resplendent shining life, that we access the simplest of secrets which is that all the universe and the universes yet to be born dwell within each of our tiny cells, just as they do in Sirius, Pluto and Orion. So rejoice Continue reading
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The Way of the Sage
THE WAY OF THE SAGE Sage is a wonderful plant that has been bringing me much joy and “good vibes” in the last few years. As I attempted to grow my first herb garden two years ago, a small clump of sage was one of my first plants and has proven to be one of Continue reading
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