These Are Soul-Making Times

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Have you seen your soul this past year? I have. She arrived at the pandemic with a great heart, despite a few detours. She now lives in a place unmade by humans, with a cup of the best coffee in her hands and her two dogs at her feet. She learned how to come out and play in places she …

The Sun

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Dearest light,  star and love  on the other side of dark. calling to me  spreading your warmth like a blanket across the morning fields. You are why  I wade through  endless cool shadows of flickering fingers,  that tease me out of an unlit life and into your waiting arms.  Finally, I can stop.  and meet myself,  right where I am, …

Come and Find Me World

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Come and find me  world, in your  beautiful way.  You will find me  in a place unmade  by humans.  I will be waiting at  the seashore,  in the forest  along the  weathered path.   You will recognize me, looking up at the sky, witnessing the slightest  wind shift in the clouds birth a new painting.  You will see me  inside …

How to Invoke Your Muse

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“Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire “. (1.6-7) John Milton, Paradise Lost. This is a quote from the 1600’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, by John Milton. In these first lines, Milton is not only stating the theme for his very long poem, but he is also asking for heavenly guidance and inspiration. …