Stardust Incarnate
Spinning and wondering and gasping in discovery
The Birth of a Miracle
You were born to the tribe of stardust, to the sapiens clan, just at the moment when we were becoming viscerally aware that our whole planet shares a common destiny.
Forged in Fire
God of new possibility
of hope in the unfurling future
give us faith in the fire.
Kitchen Table Politics
To properly prepare a ballot
First leave it sitting for a week or two on the kitchen table
Aesthetic Principles as Credo
As I’ve learned to to orient my work toward principles instead of outcomes, I’ve started thinking about my principles as an aesthetic orientation.
Sometimes it Rains in June
The land is parched
The people are weary
Disease runs rampant
Singing at the Edge of the Red Sea
And the waves lapped up on the shore
The cursed army swallowed up at the bottom of the sea
And the finally free folk sang and danced under the desert sun
A Christmas Eve Hallelujah
I could use an angel popping by every now and then to tell me to fear not.
The Ground of Being
What do the commitments of your life tell you about the nature of the ultimate, of the ground of being?
To Love is to Risk
To prepare a meal, we risk the vegetables getting overcooked, the meat oversalted, the bottom of the pan scorched, the guests unsatisfied.
Evergreens
Until a dark and stubborn green
presses back
against the vast grey.
Independence Day
After the last firework has popped,
and the sky returns, dark and quiet.
Show Me Your Roots
Show me the strong places
the thick and undeniable places
the soaring subterranean sculptures places