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Month: May 2015

Percussive

Published by heather on May 2, 2015
Acolyte of mountains
she learned much from their strength,
the way their height
looms from unseen depth,
play of light and shade
on sloped canvas,
turnings of day
and season.
 
Today her feet thump
to pound a new staccato,
pushing against what is solid
with springtime agitation,
letting muscle and bone
sing a real song,
make uncomfortable music,
releasing what is here
to make new space.
 
Authentic,
this indoor pacing,
bare soles on different kinds of floor,
aimless and alert,
an unsoothed meditation,
percussive wandering.

Semaphore

Published by heather on May 2, 2015
So actually, God,
who does not exist
the way the word
would suggest,
not a singular entity
but a wild multiplicity
crystallized
in fluid oneness,
 
anyhow this God
(infinitely beyond personality,
wearing this word
like a ballcap
just to satisfy this pen)
 
is trying to catch your eye,
flashing all this gorgeous semaphore
that may not yet get your attention
 
so asked me
to ask you
to notice.
 

spring thaw

Published by heather on May 2, 2015

Months since my last post… but there have been verdant moments. I was pleased to share my collection Grunt Work with friends and family in December. There is a new collection gradually gathering itself for release, the poems continue to flow and I am grateful. Have also been taking a few more steps towards building skills for honouring my craft. In springtime things can seem to be inert but there is much going on underneath.