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July 21, 2011
Final draft...Spirit Walking in the Tundra
(This may be the last of the new poems I post...I've been advised by my editor that if I post my work here, no one will buy my books. I can post notes. JH) for Anuqsraaq and Qituvituaq I fly over the Bering Sea toward Nome. In the breaking up ice are turquoise lakes In which I can see the sky. The cargo load so heavy with human need, it Vibrates to my bones. In
July 6, 2011
June 30, 2011
Mural by Leslie Silko, outside Lucca, Italy 2011
Leslie created this mural as a gift to her/our translator Laura Coltelli. She is still doing a little touch up. Notice the sunlight coming in on the Sun Person's head.
June 20, 2011
Solstice Paddle
We were there at the mouth of the windblown channel Near the end of a paddle The sky was opening up just as it was closing down Kokohead stood in a warrior cape of mist above us And below the boat rolled the blue kingdom of knowledge. We paused there at the culmination of ten thousand paths: Six travelers pulling together in that sacred outrigger. As the day lay down
May 26, 2011
Spirit Walking in Nome Tundra/Revision
for Qituvituaq I fly over the Bering Sea toward Nome. In the breaking ice are turquoise lakes in which I can see the sky. The cargo load, so heavy with human need, vibrates to my bones. I walk from the plane and am met by an old friend. We drive to the launching place. Walrus hunters set out toward the sea. We swing to the summer camps where seal hangs on
May 23, 2011
Astral Projection or Spirit Walking (poem draft)
for Qituvituaq I fly over the Bering Sea toward Nome. The ice is breaking up. There are lakes in the ice in which I can see my face. I am in my body, and then I am in a plane. We are so heavy with human need. The cargo load vibrates to my bones. In pockets of marrow are nests of sea birds. They are so protective they will dive us. I walk from the plane and am
May 3, 2011
Blood Lust
Like many others I too am disturbed by the blood lust celebrations over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Yes, Bin Laden is responsible for the deaths of thousands--but killing is no cause for celebration. Instead, this should be a time of introspection, of searching within our collective soul to properly bury the dead within us--to forgive and be forgiven.
March 10, 2011
Joy on the Radio tomorrow at 9 am PST
March 11, 20118:30 am PST for 15 minutesThe Co-Creating Show with Cassie StealListen Live or Listen to a Replay Later: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cassiest... in 347-205-9143
March 5, 2011
March 4, 2011
Star House
http://starhouseastrology.com/This is the moment the baby, or, this site, takes its first breath. The New Moon is in Pisces. Because it's a new Moon the Sun is also in Pisces at thirteen degrees. In my energetic map, made when I took my first breath, this is on my North Node--in the Tenth House--a direction of becoming. My instincts, or what is familiar to run back toward the Fourth--which is
