T. Thorn CoyleJul 3, 2015A Prayer for Troubling TimesHoly Brigid: In these times of burning churches That engulf the skies at night… Light the fire that guides our way. Kindle within us...
T. Thorn CoyleJan 31, 2014The CallingWhen 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....
T. Thorn CoyleOct 15, 2013The World Will Not End But We May ChangeAwaken to the sounds of apocalypse: Quiet house. Distant traffic. Water boiling once the kettle is switched on. The striking of a match....
T. Thorn CoyleFeb 1, 2013Pour 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...
T. Thorn CoyleDec 20, 2012Cusp: Solstice 2012Everything we need now germinates inside. Desire pricks like a thorn on grasping hands, Connecting pain with what we want: Creating just...
T. Thorn CoyleSep 22, 2012Equinox 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...
T. Thorn CoyleApr 22, 2012A 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...
T. Thorn CoyleMar 29, 2012On 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,...
T. Thorn CoyleFeb 29, 2012Holding Beloved Community – part 4I 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...
T. Thorn CoyleFeb 1, 2012Exalted 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....
T. Thorn CoyleJan 26, 2012Choice 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...
T. Thorn CoyleDec 19, 2011Hallowed LightListen to this song: We are stars fallen down to earth Kissed-cold with darkness, burning. We reckon out each moment from our birth. ...
T. Thorn CoyleNov 20, 2011Transgender Day of RemembranceHere is the prayer, begun by Tristissima, and added to by myself, for all of those fallen to hatred, fear, and misunderstanding. What is...
T. Thorn CoyleNov 17, 2011Shall 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...
T. Thorn CoyleMay 1, 2011Walpurgisnacht Manifesto, 2011Today, 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...
T. Thorn CoyleMar 9, 2011Courting MeditationGreen hummingbird At geometric dance Before high window. Laughter of delight Penetrates still meditation. Thank you, brother bird....
T. Thorn CoyleFeb 1, 2011The Meeting of Fjölnir’s ParentsHer stature was a breathtaking Thing to behold. She towered in her beauty, Face turned toward me… A giant among women and Gods. What...
T. Thorn CoyleFeb 1, 2011KindlingTo 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....
T. Thorn CoyleDec 20, 2010Rubaiyat for Winter“Everything has luminosity,” he said, From the furthest reach of space, to ocean’s bed. Simple heartbreak, war ravaged land, or...