We cannot become whole until we heal the damage that we have inflicted on God’s creation which includes both the Earth and the creatures that are an integral part of the natural world. And we will not experience the healing benefits of the natural world until we have made this … Read the rest
HEAT (a prose tanka)
We modern humans, we Homo sapiens, evolved from our primitive ancestors during the Ice Age. With our increasing brain power we created clothing, built shelters, and learned to control fire, all to stay warm in a cold climate. Our bodies evolved to larger stockier shapes … Read the rest
אֱמֶת מֵאֶרֶץ תִּצְמָח וְצֶ֗דֶק מִשָּׁמַיִם נִשְׁקָף
When Truth sprouts from the earth then Justice looks down from the heavens (Psalm 85:12)
truth sprouts from the earth be quiet and still listen for her preparing to poke through the soil
wait for her keep listening do not pretend that you already … Read the rest
This summer, I haven’t been able to spend as much time as I’m used to spending at my family’s lake house on Cape Cod. After weeks away at conferences, I could feel the siren song of the lake drawing me for miles ahead of my arrival. When I arrived, though, … Read the rest
Deep down, the return, where the Mississippi flows so close to the sea. A great, miraculous journey. A turning. A deep cleansing breath in the water, here where there is an abandoned oil rig. Where journals were kept, money was made and the earth was extracted from. Where humans lived … Read the rest
A Rabbit. A Rat. A Guinea Pig. Crushed. Drowned. Botched Surgery. Each gathered. Buried. Welcomed by Cedar and Locust.
Brilliant green drapes the sky Aerial silk for acrobatic Crow. Stellar Jay. Sturdy trapeze for leaping Squirrels. Curvaceous limbs extend a wide berth for Raccoon Mama. Kits. Child. Seed cones dangle … Read the rest
Sand is rock that is ground more finely than gravel, found on beaches and in deserts. A dune is a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans. A dune can be completely void of “life” that we can see… … Read the rest
The Earth is crying fretful as a newborn, she wails of hunger, of soiled limbs, and I hear her as I toss and turn at night.
She demands my attention by day, each one hotter than the last, skin of dirt and lips both cracking with what we’ve cooked up, … Read the rest
trees are rare and precious, none seen elsewhere in the known universe our predecessors slinked out of the water to make new life on land I shed 10 sextillion atoms with every breath
then they become you
we are all fish, after all the boundaries between living things, a mirage … Read the rest
We are almost born into the idea that we “own” things. As infants or toddlers, beware of competing for possession of our blankies or stuffed animals! Growing older comes with more extensive possessions, clothing, electronics, collectibles. Adulthood enables us to add to what we “own,” cars, homes, property, businesses, and … Read the rest
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