Angel Sky (JM)

 

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.

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.

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