top of page

Essays/Stories/News
Search


The Breeze that Speaks
When the poet’s voice Is silenced, The world must pause And remember The breeze that speaks To branches And the beauty of it all. War is...

T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 9, 2023
Â
Â


The Gift of Asking
Gratitude comes
In small doses.
Ordinary encounters...
-
Jun 11, 2022
Â
Â


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...
-
Jul 3, 2015
Â
Â
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....
-
Jan 31, 2014
Â
Â
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....
-
Oct 15, 2013
Â
Â
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...
-
Feb 1, 2013
Â
Â


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...
-
Dec 20, 2012
Â
Â


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...
-
Sep 22, 2012
Â
Â


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...
-
Apr 22, 2012
Â
Â


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,...
-
Mar 29, 2012
Â
Â


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...
-
Feb 29, 2012
Â
Â


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....
-
Feb 1, 2012
Â
Â


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...
-
Jan 26, 2012
Â
Â


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. ...
-
Dec 19, 2011
Â
Â


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...
-
Nov 20, 2011
Â
Â
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...
-
Nov 17, 2011
Â
Â


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...
-
Apr 30, 2011
Â
Â


Courting Meditation
Green hummingbird At geometric dance Before high window. Laughter of delight Penetrates still meditation. Thank you, brother bird....
-
Mar 9, 2011
Â
Â


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...
-
Feb 1, 2011
Â
Â


Kindling
To You. Above the white city On winking green hillside, I offered up my life… Not realizing in that moment, that I took it for myself....
-
Feb 1, 2011
Â
Â
bottom of page