Author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Pushcart Nominated Poet 2022. Editor MasticadoresUSA.
Painting: DEER IN THE FOREST by Franz Marc (1913). Thank you, Silver Birch Press! Instituto Terra by Barbara Leonhard “Nature is the earth and it is other beings and if we don’t have some kind of spiritual return to our planet, I …Instituto Terra by Barbara Leonhard (HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH Series)
I hope you like my new poetry podcast on Podbean. Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. Mother Earth must be talking to me because I have written a lot about her lately. I have a couple of guest poets in this podcast. Walter Bargen and Sharon Singing Moon. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/ Sorry for any irrelevant noises. I... Continue Reading →
I revised this poem since putting it up in FREE VERSE REVOLUTION. I’m Still not certain it is finished. Is any poem? What Mother Needs: Time to Heal We are all one kind, one child in the eyes of our wondrous Mother. Our Mother’s lungs are shared by all; we all breathe the same air.... Continue Reading →
I’m grateful for the subject matter. Gaia is suffering, and only we can reach out to her and minister to her needs. At the very least, we can work with her to co-create a new Earth free of fire, flood, and fear. I was pleased to get first place in this writing challenge. (UPDATE: This... Continue Reading →
I see you looking at me from a far my curves draw you closer to my lush landscape my sphere, toughened by time hewn by gravity held by dark matter Have you seen my sacred dance I spin in ivory clouds, my shawl, the rivers, my beads of turquoise the green, my bouquet of... Continue Reading →
Rice cooks, sheaths burst, steam rises for sacral birth. Seeds hold life released by light. Flowers unfold deep soul in germination. Such is life as it unfolds From seed to crypt. Genesis is not kind. We break free of the organ & in the pain of delivery, engage in battle. A crust... Continue Reading →
I am crying for the Amazon because the loss of animal life and the trees is devastating. This poem honors our forests, the arms of the Goddess, still reaching out to us though we forget who she is, our dear Mother Earth. The way goes deep into these dark woods. Your Mag-lit blinks as shadows... Continue Reading →
This is the poem I plan to read at an event to honor Women’s History Month. Our Mother Earth is crying. May she heal, and may we all heal.
This, a River This, a river, I am not lines but curves Winding around sand bars Creating islands Revealed in low tide My current pulses life Tadpoles, carp, algae I smile in light Shimmering reflections I draw in birds to feed I am poetry for travelers On barges I hold kayaks as toys To capture... Continue Reading →
Pray for the One Good deeds are acts of prayer To the light, our vanguard. This is the time when Acts of love are needed To fortify the One of which We all are, One Unity of Light, Strengthened by deeds for Others and Mother Earth. So pray. Pray for the One, Pray... Continue Reading →
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 