Poetry

Hello, my friends! It has been a rather quiet year on the blog so far, but that will be changing hopefully soon. Finding  a new rhythm since moving to NY…

Walk the Straight-N-Narrow:  A Poem about the Spiritual Abuse of Spiritual Authority Walk the straight-n-narrow, They said, And nothing will go awry. Walk the straight-n-narrow, and don’t ask the question why.…

Body – A Poem on Body Image/Self Image A four-letter curse Treated like a hearse Hated and excluded No wonder we’re wounded Scorned by humanity Temple of divinity Vessel of…

March begins my month of talking about Mental Healing. I thought I’d kick off my writing on the subject by writing a poem about mental illness–in this case, depression and…

Love Growing up, we were taught that love was easy, A simple formula Like 2+2 = 4. Love was just something you did And people loved– well, quite easily! Love…

Wild-Hearted Song – A Poem on Grief, Suffering, and Strength World, you have tried to beat me down. But my heart is a drum, and every time you pound it…

For the past month, I’ve been rehearsing a performance piece of one of my most popular poems–“I Will Be Me”, a poem about self image. I’m very proud to release it live to you today.

To See Me I want someone to see me No, not the outward me Not the one the whole world sees Not the me with an image and reputation Not…

Creativity means death, for only true art can find breath after killing one’s own agenda and propoganda. The only way to create true art is to give one’s heart entirely…

these are my people the soul-sifters and heart-seekers the wound-healers and light-bringers the love-binders the ones laughing like a child and pondering like a sage the ones redefining reality creating…