“In her dreams there is a door
that is only opened by ancestors
the wings of water birds,
feathers the colors of the Aurora Borealis.”
– Gwendolyn Morgan
from “When her dreams were as…
“I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul
ascending
I’m on my way, can’t stop
me now
you can do the same.”
– Heather Small, from “Proud”*
Waking to Robin song this morning, I hear the goldfinch singing and singing, and have dreamtime…
Feliz Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias!
“we remember to lift our wings of hope
To watch and listen, advocate and lobby for future generations
Trust that whatever is falling away
Is opening portals for what is now possible."
-Gwendolyn Morgan…
The beauty of this season and this festival of Beltane, mid-point between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice, brings warmth, flowers and growth, a flurry of activities in the northern hemisphere. In early April to mid-April we had intermittent snow, with temperatures in the…
Snowy Owls & Unexpected Graces (Homebound Publications) and the anthology Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to Poetic Migration (which includes 3 of my poems) are noted in an on-line article in Spirituality & Health this month:
https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/nature-poetry-as-spiritual-practice
Many thanks to Rev. Sarah Bowen, Compassion Consortium
Connor…
I am grateful to have my writing in Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration, a beautiful anthology edited by Jamie K. Reaser and J. Drew Lanham. You’ll find two of my new poems: “The Solace of Swallows” and…
The Great Medicinal Wheel turns to the North, the season of the festival of lights
the turn of the season a liminal time
of astrological alignment, reflection, and commitment
May we feel the energy of the North
and gratitude for the deep rest of…
Samhain – Halloween – All Saint’s – All Soul’s Day 2022
Samhain to All Soul’s Day, the turning of the wheel of the year between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. This is a time when the veils between the worlds are thin. Great Horned…
Lammas August 1, 2022
Mid-point between Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox birds write in italic calligraphy tracks on the sand bells, incantations, whistles, imagine the I Ching, book of changes, runes, hieroglyphics, gallery-style psychic readings, . . …