The Last Tremolo Cry
While it was foggy along the shoreline
The loon call I did hear
I called out and it answered me
The seagulls gossiped as they heard
They knew...
New Release: The Dalai Lama — Inner World
Khandro Music will release Inner World, a unique album of mantras and teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama set to music, on July...
Is There a Message?
They say the darkest hour
is just before the dawn,
a metaphorical message
I hope is correct.
These months a complete churning up
of ordinary life experience,
calamities impossible to...
Walls
I was born with a heart
exposed
to the elements
letting the
cold winds of heartbreak
blow mercilessly through me.
Can I get some walls here
please?
Not to keep out...
Be Rebellious
Be rebellious,
to know your creed.
Be rebellious,
to read your soul.
Be rebellious,
to find the mysteries.
Be rebellious,
to know your Lord.
Truth
When the grain of sand
that is
truth
finally washes ashore
after the comings and goings
the roiling
the furling and unfurling
of the infinite chaos of the seas of
consciousness
it’s as...
The Greatest Adventure
Life plays best
when I be that,
which I was born for;
that which energizes my heart.
Limiting beliefs
about leaving the shore
lure me,
like a ship-wrecking siren,
to dash my...
Be Here
The Force of Consciousness Evolution
moves the fabric of our lives.
A blanket moulded, fixed around us
Is being shaken.
Not a...
April 2020 / We Are Told / Changed World
April 2020
Do the animals sense how
we’ve changed the way we live?
A doe and fawn lie on our hill,
watching us at the table, their ears
like...
Patience Springs From Spring
Nothing here happens on my time
It all arrives on nature’s schedule
A slow unfolding
Methodical and thought out
First the grass appears
Changing from brown to yellow to...
New Books | Spring 2020
Local Author
Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness: A Memoir of New Beginnings, by Keri Mangis (Curiosa Publishing), 352 pages — Serene Voyager, known as...
Costume Love
Words of love casually tossed,
like costume jewelry
around the neck,
falling carelessly
across the heart;
empty of meaning
pretense at truth.
To say, “I love you,”
out of want
out of need
out...
My Life’s Blessings
How I live is the way I cook,
one bowl on this counter for a cake—
flour, sugar, eggs and chocolate,
always chocolate for spirits;
on...
New Book, Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness, arrives on Valentine’s Day
Witness deep wisdom about the journeys we all embark on with each human incarnation, and the soul purpose behind all we experience in our...
A Woman Who Sees Angels
I read about a woman
who sees angels, everywhere:
two around an older man
walking down the street,
offering support on either side;
a glowing...
Awake
I have been awake for a while now.
I have seen what I have accepted for my-self and the cost has been great.
I have felt...
Guests
Leave your karma at my doorstep
Only the wildly unknown may enter
The painters of dreams
Space is made at the table
Sit but stay longer...