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Madre

I breathe in and
Mother breathes me
in sinews, in fingernails
in atoms and ripples
of fragrant blood

Composting my sorrows
she makes good of
even the most errant clashes
and stirs chaos
to the consistency of froth.

Somewhere in the old country
a bell chimes
and my body comes to
life, remembering

With a good wind
I can count on the tightening
to return,

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Gem du Jour

The reason these people study in the universities is, they think, “We’ll become teachers, we’ll get employment in schools.” They say, “One should do good deeds and act properly!” They talk of these things in assemblies in order to get jobs.

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"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders

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About Me

Bio

Wild Child who was tamed, currently reclaiming her true nature. I am a poet with the natural world as my Muse.

I'm remembering how to communicate with the More-Than-Human Others...and what a blessing it is.

I am apprenticing to Chaos because I am chosing to trust my innate wisdom; the part that is tapped into the Collective Unconscious of Humankind from where we receive deeper truths. Stated another way, Ego is apprenticing to Soul.

I am graced to have found true Elders as guides; I am perpetually enchanted with Mystery; I have fallen madly in love with the Earth.

Skills and talents
I drum (African and Cuban), participate in estatic dance and write. And play. (I believe knowing how to "play" is a talent. :)
Interests
Bill Plotkin, C.G. Jung, David Korten, David Whyte, ecopsychology, James Hillman, Joanna Macy, Mary Oliver, Morgan Farley, neuroscience, plant spirit medicine, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rumi, Shamanism, Soulcraft, The Great Turning, Thomas Berry
What I'm Reading
Nature and the Human Soul, Bill Plotkin; various poetry
What I'm Listening To
Neko Case, Melody Gardot, Iron & Wine, Eddie Vedder
Movies I've Seen Recently
Whale Rider
Websites I'm Into
Animas Valley Institute, David Whyte, Poet, David Korten, Kiva - loans that change lives, The Global Spiral, The Toltec Nagual, The Medicine Woman's Roots

Education

High school
Fox Lane, Bedford, NY
College
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Graduate school
Parsons School of Design, New York
Additional study
New England School of Whole Health Education, Boston, MA