Toward the Ocean

 

-------Toward the Ocean-------

Come towards 

it now

This age 

old prayer 

of longing

That echoes 

with our souls unbound

From half-life 

kind 

of living

We are the earth

this prayer, this river

Re-membering 

our way

as one

Back 

into the sea.

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Come Darkness

 

-------Come Darkness-------

Dusk 

says 

with golden light

goodnight 

on the tops 

of the trees

While up their trunks 

the shadow grows

of our mother 

earth 

revolving 

spinning 

Until 

the tips 

are reached

and with a kiss 

comes 

darkness

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Gathering Gratitude

  

-------Gathering Gratitude-------

 

Gathering sap

 

Is way

to pray

 

And manifest a giving

 

Of thanks

for all 

 

The earth provides

 

For today,

this day,

 

For living.

 

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Roots

  

-------Roots-------

 

Reparation 

is re-membering

 

The root 

of being 

human

 

- Hum-ility

hum-us -

 

One

together

earth.

 

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Imbolc haiku

  

-------Imbolc haiku-------

 

A breeze

on Imbolc

 

Sunshine 

dancing 

through beech leaves

 

Turning 

winter spring

 

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Blessed Ewe haiku

  

-------Blessed Ewe haiku-------

 

The death

of this self

 

Is nourishment

for the spring

 

Made of, back to

Earth.

 

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Power

-------Power-------

 

Conquest

is alive and well

 

In the mind of men 

who hunger

 

For more and more

beyond their needs

 

Full

but unsatiated.

 

For true power

is in the land

 

In food

that grows up from it

 

The fruits of love

that feed the soul and hold us

 

In this fight to free

and to protect

 

All that is true

and sacred.

 

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