We think the earth could be transformed, if somehow you could lift people up to the moon. Or even out into space and let them see…We think that the bickering and fighting and hostility is a big waste of man’s inner energy. ~ Astronaut James Irwin No taxes No traffic No parking lots No malls […]
It’s a mailbox full gold star day of hand-written invitations It’s a special delivery I’ll gladly sign for Because when the muse is busy it’s always good news
I’m reading tonight at the Hafla, a celebration of women’s dance, music, and poetry, held at the Black Box Theater in Floyd. Here’s a little preview of a poem I may read … Woman’s Shame Shame of liking sex too much Shame of not liking it enough Shame of having too many children Having none, […]
Drink the blue slowly Let the bite-sized words CLINK Like ice cubes come together for the sake of a drink
Last week when I posted a poem called “Hot Flash at Night,” I forgot to mention that it was composed while I was asleep. I frequently “write” in my sleep, but that was only the second time I was able to preserve an intact poem into the morning. (Here is another one). The poem posted […]
“I wrote my first hot flash poem,” I announced to my women friends, who were gathered together for a tea party in honor of our friend isa being in town. “I put it in the Museletter, and so now everybody knows!” I confessed. “I’m having one right now,” someone said. “Is my face red?” […]
The creek traps leaves into neatly piled stacks like the papers on my desk I’m too busy to read Filed between the rocks on the rush downstream they give a seasonal accounting of Autumn’s mounting cost ~ Pond House Retreat, November ’04 Post Note: I don’t have a photo of the creek. The above photo […]
I want a pink blow-up raft … to drift carefree …in a body of water I belong to … A pink blow-up raft floated into my consciousness during a recent therapy session. “When’s the first time you thought of a pink raft?” my therapist asked me with interest. We both recognized that the raft was […]
Strand by Strand her world closes in By her own design she hangs by a thread
The mantra is the vehicle that knows the best shortcut when my mind is downtown traffic ~ Colleen Redman We’Moon is a best-selling appointment book, astrological moon calendar, earth-centered spiritual guide and multicultural handbook in natural rhythms. Now in its 26th year of publication, We’Moon is created for, by and about womyn. ~ From the […]
Moon in high gear with one headlight out Moon is the muse that drives me
One day we’ll all write books then retire to a tropical island to live without shoes on our royalties pick fruit off the trees for breakfast __________________________________ We’ll buy fresh fish wrapped in newsprint but won’t read the news on Iraq We won’t have TV, won’t have to listen to songs of the 60’s being […]
