[Thespiritexpress] A word from the Wise

[Tom Burns]

Beautiful Poem, Toni!
Love, Tom







> On Aug 27, 2025, at 3:32 PM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> <Practice.MP4>
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