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Tag Archives: dream
Passenger
Among summer flowers and dark earth I spied a red velvet starfish, an exotic bloom plucked from its ocean home dropped by a careless hand or mother gull upon an unknown world. A world saturated in golden light and still … Continue reading
Morning Thunder
“ It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass A rumble reverberating through the air woke me from a … Continue reading
Cultivating the Opposite
The dream of living by the sea near a wild forestĀ and ancient mountain range, rose unbidden, colouring the day to day of my long ago high school world. Time has passed unbound, leaving its inevitable brushstrokes and bruised shadows behind, … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged change, childhood, cultivating the opposite, dream, elements, forest, grace, innocence, mountains, paradise, poetry, resistance, sea, time, yoga practice
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Janus
Dark poetry and longing traverse the unbound heart, igniting flames of winter blue and summer gold in their wake. Scents of forbidden fruit waft through the forest of words luring the unwary from the known path, encasing them like insects … Continue reading
Sea Change
“ If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution.” – Emma Goldman Drawn to a bench with a delicious honey ginger green tea overlooking the seawall and the postcard beauty of English Bay, I finally feel I can … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged boreal forest, climate refugees, courage, dragon, dream, fire, fort mcmurray, karma, mexico, prophecy, sacrifice, sea change, seasons, travel, vision, weather
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