pop's poetry

Category: Society

  • beyond

    There is something far beyond
That draws us closer to itself
And further from comfortable.
May you feel today the power of presence,
And experience today the pull of passion
As you walk today the path of peace.
Bring us with you.

  • lx

    Age is relative, so I’ve heard them say.
Them, you know, the people over 60.
Joining the Them ranks, I say
Age is relevant only if you choose
To let it define you, which is why
I choose to define 60: it’s way
Younger than it was when I was 30.

  • no planet b

    There's no other place like home
Nowhere else for us to roam
Like the planet where we live
Let us all begin to give
To Mother Earth love and care
Above all to be aware
Of all the places we can roam
There's no other place like home

  • triads

    I engage the sacred with new eyes and
being open to the ancient without looking,
a first trickle of pure, sustaining water
drips to the bottom of the dry well.
There is bliss under the oaks council and
in the rituals of the Mystics around me,
I find a space for spirituality to dance
on the well worn paths of my soul.
It will be on new paths outside the old
that peace comes like welcome rain
to wash the dust from years of neglect;
There is hope I can’t see in the darkness.

  • ritual

    There is an ancient way that calls to me from deep within
This, this is my future path lost to me on the horizon
I feel the sacred among the old oaks that stand with me here
And in the rhythm of the drumbeat my heart matches
Starting the circle way, my feet softly walk with nature
Though I’m lost to the destination, I find the route familiar
A cricket calls my name and the rocks outline the trail as
The hawk screams “You are here” and deer watch in silence

I move toward the center and feel the earth pull me in
There is power in each step to keep me moving through
As I pause to lay the prayers of my family at the center of all things,
I leave behind what was to focus each step on what will

Shoulder to shoulder I stand with you, my new, unexpected tribe
On the circle way together and alone, we walk this beautiful path
Together, forever in this moment held gently in hands of the past
Change moves through our souls to circle and embrace all