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- Jul 3, 2015
A Prayer for Troubling Times
Holy Brigid: In these times of burning churches That engulf the skies at night… Light the fire that guides our way. Kindle within us...
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- Jan 31, 2014
The Calling
When you stand before the fire There shall be no more weeping. The trees shall whisper and wind shall moan: Your fate is in your hands....
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- Oct 15, 2013
The World Will Not End But We May Change
Awaken to the sounds of apocalypse: Quiet house. Distant traffic. Water boiling once the kettle is switched on. The striking of a match....
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- Feb 1, 2013
Pour Out the Healing Waters
. A poem for Brigid on Imbolc Eve, dedicated to all in need, calling upon the face of She Who Heals He is lonely. Shadows of bombs burst...
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- Dec 20, 2012
Cusp: Solstice 2012
Everything we need now germinates inside. Desire pricks like a thorn on grasping hands, Connecting pain with what we want: Creating just...
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- Sep 22, 2012
Equinox Morning: Some Thoughts After Waking
. I honor the ancestors and those who are to come. I honor this moment and the spacious reach of soul. I am placed between the rising and...
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- Apr 22, 2012
A Prayer for My Beloved
. You have carried us, these long millions of years, We beasts, we leafy fronds, we crouching walkers. The ice has come, the ice has...
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- Mar 29, 2012
On the Passing of the Poet
.“When does a life bend towards freedom? grasp its direction? How do you know you’re not circling in pale dreams,...
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- Feb 29, 2012
Holding Beloved Community – part 4
I received the following poem two days ago from a man I’ve never met who reads my blog, and got permission to pass it along. It feels...
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- Feb 1, 2012
Exalted One! (a Prayer for Brigid)
A prayer for the Goddess Brigid, on this, Her day: Exalted One! You who kindle flames on every hill, For you, we light the fires....
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- Jan 26, 2012
Choice Abounds (with Love)
.Anxious? Find what you love.Ecstatic? Find what you love.Sorrowing? Find what you love.Angry? Find what you love.Hopeful? Find what you...
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- Dec 19, 2011
Hallowed Light
Listen to this song: We are stars fallen down to earth Kissed-cold with darkness, burning. We reckon out each moment from our birth. ...
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- Nov 20, 2011
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Here is the prayer, begun by Tristissima, and added to by myself, for all of those fallen to hatred, fear, and misunderstanding. What is...
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- Nov 17, 2011
Shall We Dance?
I dreamt last night of waltzing As a civil disobedience. Hundreds of us moving ‘til our skins bumped into sweat. And still we swung...
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- Apr 30, 2011
Walpurgisnacht Manifesto, 2011
Today, I stand for beauty. I stand for apple blossom and finch. I stand for sun, and wind, and sky. I stand for the shaking of the fig...
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- Mar 9, 2011
Courting Meditation
Green hummingbird At geometric dance Before high window. Laughter of delight Penetrates still meditation. Thank you, brother bird....
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- Feb 1, 2011
The Meeting of Fjölnir’s Parents
Her stature was a breathtaking Thing to behold. She towered in her beauty, Face turned toward me… A giant among women and Gods. What...
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- Dec 20, 2010
Rubaiyat for Winter
“Everything has luminosity,” he said, From the furthest reach of space, to ocean’s bed. Simple heartbreak, war ravaged land, or...
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