Picture of a horizontal Angel seen in sunset 1/23… Mama-Jackie, may she rest in peace, really loved angels. This feels like a blessing.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Voice of Earth Mother (JM)
(Joseph MacRae, published in Legacy lines: Poems inspired by LGBTQI+ Poets of the Past, edited by Daisy Barrett-Nash, Equal Arts, April, 2025. Prompt from January 15, 2025, feast day of Our Lady of Banneux and Our Lady of the Seeds, Image from here.)
Voice of Earth Mother
Listen to her
winds caress
the tall fir trees,
rocking to and fro
branches flowing
I close my eyes --
imagine a ballet performed
on nature’s stage
*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by Audre Lorde’s “Poetry is Not a Luxury”. From Daisy Barrett Nash’s Legacy Lines series, January 15, 2025.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
When Returning (JM)
((Joseph MacRae, published in Legacy lines: Poems inspired by LGBTQI+ Poets of the Past, edited by Daisy Barrett-Nash, Equal Arts, April, 2025. Prompt from January 8, 2025, (above) afterfeast of Theophany, Synaxis of the Theotokos old calendar. Image from here.)
When Returning
(from city’s chaos, speed),
I stop on Mary’s Peak wayside.
Shut off the engine
and radio.
Roll down the window.
Smell the mountain air.
I absorb the green forest —
She fights for survival
like us all.
*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by “A Litany for Survival” by Audre Lorde, and highlighted words from it. From Daisy Barrett Nash’s Legacy Lines series, January 8, 2025
Have Yourself a Merry Little Birthday (WC)
(Guest posted from Wendy birde to Joseph bear, on his birthday : ) Image from here . ) Have Yourself a Merry Little Birthday* Have yourse...

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(Joseph MacRae, published in Legacy lines: Poems inspired by LGBTQI+ Poets of the Past , edited by Daisy Barrett-Nash, Equal Arts, April, 2...
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Opening this book and coming up on the author's advice to the reader and seeing the original reader (a child, her name is June, last ...
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(Joseph MacRae, selected by Youtube channel Kate Chadbourne which read it aloud for April 2025's Poetry Month special, see here at abou...