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To The Flower Garden

To the Flower Garden, will be published in a thousand flowers® forthcoming book, When the Flowers Sing: A Flower Poetry Anthology. Flowers are given for every occasion of our lives. The book deepens your connection to flowers’ primal magic.

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FOR ARWEN

 

My daughter birthing her first baby, herself as a mother, and  me as a grandmother.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading FOR ARWEN… and scroll down to see the whole poem.

 
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FOR MY GRANDSON HUCK

 

This was written soon after my grandson’s birth. Have you ever had so much joy suddenly come into your life that you were afraid to hold it?

 
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Talking to Moon

 

Unexpected connection to Moon

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CODA: OUR BREATH

 

It’s simple. We are nature. To love her is to love ourselves. The more we feel this, the easier it becomes to fight for her.

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Washing Dishes

 

Confession: when I am sad or dealing with intense inner work or big house breakages (no hot water, no water, no internet etc.) washing dishes is the first to go. So this poem is helping me get a new relationship to make it more fun and actually nourishing.  

 
 
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Sacred Walk #2

 

Letting in contact/connections in nature can mitigate loneliness.

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For mothers and all those who mother in any capacity.

With much love, Christina

 
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The title says it. The way a particular flower’s thrust from the earth awakens me, connects me to myself, to it, and to spring.

 
 
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AN IRIS

A surprise.

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THE RIDER

An unexpected oneness with trees.

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A WOMANS JOY

 

Supporting a juicy spring.

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MORNING

A groggy mind can take you into different experiences.

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A poem from EVERYDAY MERMAID. A collaborative poetry art book I created with artist Deidre Scherer.

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YOU MUST WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY

A timely poem based on a hard-won Black People’s spiritual: You Must Walk That Lonesome Valley. This poem interwoven with the song asks that you face your fears and loves, your darkness and light, your griefs and joys. Doing that you can be uplifted, comforted. Then, you can open to this walk we ALL are doing. You can feel its communion, its support.      

We can claim this walk to walk through these complicated, demanding times. We can get to the other side becoming stronger in heart and mind.

I learned this spiritual at summer camp when I was eight. I am grateful for the wisdom of this song that goes back at least to the Civil War. It has been teaching me my whole life.

 

 

 

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En Fleur

This poem started right before sleep when day begins to marry dreams and the unconscious. I began to feel my body as a flower. It’s got multiple levels. Enjoy.  Sound on!

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