[Thespiritexpress] A word from the Wise

[Toni Bernbaum]

Katrina!  What a gorgeous poem!   Thank you for sharing your inspiration.  You might consider reading this at the open mic poetry gathering this
Sat. at the menco art center at 4:00 p,m.  Many of our Spirit House Family attend and often read…..its fun and another way to share our creative gifts!
w/love, T

> On Aug 27, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Katrina Aschenbrenner via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> After the Kaballion group I felt inspired to write a poem.  A gift to this lovely cum-unity. Everyone who
> Shares, your poems inspire.  Thank you for that.  Sometimes speaking from this place is so soothing.
> 
> Presence
> 
> warm sand, stones & sticks
> beneath these bones
> 
> incites a deep, deep breath
> of recognition
> 
> blood murmurs through my veins
> like starlings
> dancing through the cosmic window
> 
> a wisp of knowing —
> my place
> in the grand symphony of life
> 
> a triangle player’s role
> subtle, yet consequential
> 
> as contemplation vies for attention,
> cirrus clouds curl around the mind
> 
> following the dark cacophony —
> awareness drifts
> into another sky,
> over aromatic cut fields
> back to childhood
> 
> sitting in wonder
> among strong, silent oaks
> 
> squirrels spiritedly dart
> behind, above, through,
> interrupting purposeful ants
> gathering their harvest
> 
> with wonder,
> my child self watches
> enraptured, curious, present
> 
> a big boom —
> jolted to the cumulonimbus giant above
> 
> sweet scent of wet, warm earth and straw
> starlings scattered,
> the cerulean scape hidden
> 
> a single frog sings its gratitude —
> and then,
> a grand chorus erupts
> 
> Katrina
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 27, 2025, at 6:54 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>> 
>> From the mouth of innocence!
>> Thanks Marc
>> 
>>> On Aug 26, 2025, at 08:00, rnadeau via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good Morning Spirits 
>>> 
>>> ~ "WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, YOU GET WHAT YOU PRACTICE”~
>>> 
>>> Only Love
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
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