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, 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
wind’s 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, 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
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