Archive for December 2021
Learning to stretch Zen of the mind by Maria M. Consiglio
Stretching is important you see. It’s painful at times it unfolds the new Me. One realizes how they’ve sheltered themselves. Until they approach the switch, Brave the fears that hold them back, then one sees the group that has their back. It’s hard work this stretching you see. It’s a gift the universe has granted…
Read MoreIn Dreams by laura merritt
In dreams I have dreamed it would not come. And I have bleary eyes and a heavy mind. The air heavy and portentous. And the sun seems to hang as if thumb tacked to a back drop of hazy sky. I am weary of the day. Waiting. Anticipating a curtain fall. Wrapping around me like…
Read MoreJumping By Kristi Kirby
Wait a minute Heaven’s glorious Ladder Flying like Parchment In the sky On this chilly Moonlight night She grasped her Jacket lapel Greater trials will Come Lessors are forgotten She spins Singing to the Stars Dancing with the Moon Her inner structure Shifting Nifty She is beaming An amusing Gleam Happy to have this New…
Read MoreGolden Cage By Fiona Goodwin
My heart is no good in a golden cage, Sage, but nowhere to go I once asked God, “Make my hands your hands, Make these eyes your eyes.” “They are,“ she said, “But since you asked – I will help to remove your gloves And unhood your eyes To see and feel a depth of…
Read MoreComing Home by Jen Curry
There is a silent rhythm. Dancing in our veins. If we sit quietly releasing time, letting go of grasping. Appearances that once were created by tension now are replaced with attention. Listen, to the bounty of the body. The voice speaks, in whispers. Flowing within flesh, bones and blood. The subtle body longs for unity.…
Read MoreA Friend By Kristi Kirby
If you sober up A horse thief You have a Sober horse thief Hmmm That’s funny She places her Hand gently On her heart You are smart Come back to me Then a Gentle one arm Hug She smiles Starts her walk Her long blonde Hair cascading down Covering her shoulders Like strands of shimmering…
Read MoreAir By Kristi Kirby
Freed from Chains She gains Shouts of joy More will be Revealed Unsealed My precious Pearl Find a heavenly Treasure A being of Gold When love Leads All the graces See Sweet liberty A rich inheritance Privileged loyalty A Grateful Emotion Expressed in Giving One text Communicating John 16:12 Increase the fragrance Bless the Receiver…
Read MoreDILEMA by karen marie christa minns (2021)
You flooded me With your Soul’s delight. The only way to ban you Is to wrap my heart in black leather. Zip it, tight. Airless, now, as an Ancient Tomb– to wait, for the coming of A moonless Night, O, how to leach Light from an emptied Room?
Read MoreBlack and white shirt By Fiona GOODWIN
I’m wearing a shirt today That’s half black half white, I don’t know how I feel About its ambivalence It looks like I’m half of one thing Half another Of course I am Half light half shadow Half here half not. Some days I take all of me And shine the light Other days, In…
Read MoreSurrender To Win By Kristi Kirby
She discovered Something new About herself A surrender To win To the reflection In the mirror One day at A time Hearing her Words For a thousand Years The words Seemed Tender enough She crossed a bridge It shivered For the greater Good.
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