“Evolution does not favor reality. Its goal is survival.” – Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman Reality as we have collectively named it can be viewed like a dream prisms seen from different angles revealing parts of the same Life is a theme we row gently or roughly down the stream hurriedly or merrily or scarcely received […]
Dear God, Can I call you Divine Consciousness? Can I call you Goddess or Siri if I don’t trust men? Is your full name God Help Us? Are you a thought more than a thing? Can I call you goodness or wholeness, white light or black hole? Are you an operating system? Are you catfishing […]
I watched the perennial flowers bloom one species after another I watched the corn tassel and ate greens by the bowlful everyday I heard the windchimes sing and fed my neighborhood birds I met fireflies at dusk sewed clothes on the porch and washed the kitchen curtains I walked the rhododendron dirt roads in the […]
Water drips into an empty bowl when you live in your mind and your body is tired A dream collects bit by bit and then the rain erodes it I like sad songs that can make me cry a rhyme implied and a reason brought to light I like birdsong in every poem I like […]
Every poem is a case note Every dream is sun for the soul Every love is a lifeboat Every life holds a vein of gold It all started with the idea of writing my memoir, leaving behind my story in verse. Over time, it developed as a healing art for soul work. I wrote as […]
I start with a bird and wait for a song I tap a nerve and give my word I recite the alphabet give up logic open my notebook as if lifting a veil I don’t believe everything I’ve heard I write firsthand in my own words I wait for an opening let a habit drop […]
I prolong my sleep for the lure of escape from the doom of false prophets who impose their beliefs who stake their claims on the bodies of women and degrade individual freedom I linger in between wakefulness and dreams where nightmares are metaphors and privacy is assured Until the light of day reaches out to […]
When the ending is never finished because words have unmovable limits I’m an Einstein determined to break a code to solve interchangeable theories But I can only prove that nothing is final that thoughts and words are waves and particles that nothing is permanent but nothing is destroyed Outcomes are influenced by conscious observers Intentions […]
Did it start with Michael Jackson saying bad is good when hot became cool and dope meant wonderful? Now our good faith is corrupted with alternative facts Our language is twisted Our historical record held hostage Like an arm held down we struggle with the weight of a tyrannical thief spewing doublespeak But while we […]
Words on the page get stored away They lose their currency and age like bodies Pens disappear in a conspiracy of mystery Fingers slip on keyboards leaving stranded stanzas and unplanned changes Words on pages can’t stop wars can’t feed the hungry or imprison the guilty Some poems are written with words unspoken Passwords are […]
My life is a dream text I cast and interpret My mind is a magnet that attracts alignments With a field of awareness beyond the body’s limits My senses tune and transmit signals of the universe _______Colleen Redman / Poets and Storytellers United/dVerse Poets Pub
I’ll be a muse in the afterlife I’ll live on the internet You can look me up and read all about it I’ll leave cameos on YouTube videos I’ll leave traces on searches and poems on the cloud _____Colleen Redman / dVerse Poets Pub / Poets and Storytellers United
