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Month: December 2010

Joanna Macy

I was privileged to be part of a workshop with Joanna and mostly Whitehorse folks at Mount Lorne Community Centre in September. (Thanks to Jill Pangman for arranging this encounter!) Joanna’s books (and life) are important guideposts as we move out of the madness our society has created and move into our own bodies and lives and saving the planet. I can’t do justice to describing what she offers, so if you are curious just check out her website link.

The unstoppered flute

The unstoppered flute,
full open holes,
seemed like the sound of liberation.
No blockage,
exquisite wrapping
for air hugged by structured body.

With breath,
the manifestation of music
sounds,
unequal, divergent,
trilling and keening,
funereal and ecstatic.

The flute dips, sways,
manhandled and stroked,
empty
yet filling the room
with constant change.