
Collage for Venus in Taurus
“Every Day Sprouting”
poetry, art & culture for social change
Collage for Venus in Taurus
“Every Day Sprouting”
Tomorrow is a full moon in Libra. A good time to focus on what rings true and release what no longer feels authentic or in alignment with your intentions.
“We focus on the source of truth.”
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Since my work is fueled by social justice, 15% if each sale will be donated to BIPOC I support.
Seeing between ideas.
A collage for election eve.
Now we hope for the power of love.
It’s late fall and there are many things flying about
starlings tweedle and chirp from the telephone pole
where this morning as I am taking out the trash
I look up and see a great horned owl
silhouetted against the lightening sky.
I jump and run to get my husband
and he joins me on the cold brick of our front porch
It’s Tue, he says, and we both agree
this is the spirit of our cat, recently deceased.
How does the call go? he asks, sheepishly,
since all last autumn we walked
the streets and narrow alleys
of our neighborhood, calling for an owl
who would sometimes call back,
sometimes appear overhead on whisper white wings.
Last year we saw a couple nesting in the eucalyptus grove,
two dry-leaf colored lumps on one arching branch
and listened as they called to one another.
Once I was on the back deck crying
over some old wellspring of pain, and looked up
to see the cobalt sky, and the owl flying
across our yard from east to west.
Once we were lost driving back roads at dusk
sniping at each other in annoyance
and an owl swooped down like a blinding angel
across our windshield.
Once we were night walking
and you said it was an owl, but
I think it was a black-crowned heron
that erupted out of tree shadows
like the surprising strength of our grief
and knocked you to your knees.
With a view
infusing fun into
everyday life
can also encourage
imagination
What makes palms
different from
other trees?
You’ve left the
Pacific
Palms have appeal,
only one
has its own
growing point,
run toward
Soft light golden hills
And I find
like everything
true grit to this job
so I’m able to react readily.
I say yes to celebrity.