[Thespiritexpress] Poem Read at the Equinox Celebration

[Susan McNeil]

Toni…it’s just beautiful…so rich, so nourishing…just so yummy!
Thank you, Susan
Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 26, 2026, at 7:47 PM, Roz via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
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> 
> I love this! Thank you for sharing this, so gorgeous!
> 
> Love, Roz
>> On Mar 26, 2026, at 4:26 PM, Gunn via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you 
>> Poetry for beauty, awakening and peace. So nice to enjoy this again  
>> Gunnar
>> ✨
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 26, 2026, at 4:19 PM, Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There were a few requests to post this poem from the Spring Equinox Celebration…..its a long read …offered 
>>> with gratitude…….and love
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Don’t Miss It
>>> (Spring Equinox @ Spirit House 2026)
>>> Tonijean Bernbaum
>>> Look. 
>>> Have you seen it?
>>> 
>>> It’s beginning!
>>> 
>>> sneaking up from the ground, out from the emptiness, 
>>> peeking from the tips of tiny branches, 
>>> the plum blossoms are covering the trees like snow
>>>  the rohdedemdrum is drumming with a passion for pink 
>>> 
>>> the lilies….
>>> I had almost forgotten -
>>> the congregation of long emerald stems
>>> caressing the dawn
>>> the tease of their white shoulders
>>> unfurling the curl of a promise
>>> revealing the golden rod inside.
>>> 
>>> Listen ……
>>> the bursting bouquet of  trumpets
>>> blowing pearly notes of silent beauty
>>> humming the daffodils awake
>>> singing praises with the tulips
>>> in a kirtan of celebration
>>> 
>>> Did you smell the miracle of fragrance?
>>> Did you remember to breath?
>>> let the heady aroma
>>> make you swoon
>>> and drop to your knees?
>>> 
>>> Or were you too busy
>>> too hurried….
>>> distracted by your list 
>>> or your screen
>>> maintaining what you believe
>>> or defining the limits of who you think you are……
>>> 
>>> was it the news?
>>> or the sound of other humans
>>> brain washing each other,  
>>> that eclipsed the chatter of the quail
>>> and the soulful swoop of the raven’s
>>> wings flying over with their message?
>>> 
>>> did you miss it? 
>>> the flash of inspiration
>>> alone out on the trail
>>> the long eared rabbit romping?
>>> the ballet of honking geese
>>> the igniting of a creative idea
>>> the directive to call that person
>>> 
>>> or finally forgive that other?
>>> 
>>> were you hooked instead by commentaries 
>>> contradicting and kid napping arguments
>>> and the conditioned need
>>> to justify a bad mood?
>>> There are endless
>>> ways to kick the ground.
>>> 
>>> Look. 
>>> This is the time of tenderness, newborns
>>> and renewal.
>>> These are rare and delicate days
>>> when the blossoms are so full
>>> and the invitation to return to your true nature
>>> is dotting the landscape like a painting by Renoir
>>> 
>>> Did you rsvp…..have you checked the in-box of your heart?
>>> There is a vulnerability calling you
>>> Have you dared to even notice
>>> what is there staring at you through
>>> this mirror of opportunity?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> catch it
>>> before the wild wind of the world
>>> or the deluge of radical rain
>>> rips the new growth from their potential
>>> wilted and torn
>>> littered and buried 
>>> and forgotten. 
>>> 
>>> take a moment 
>>> right here
>>> right now
>>> look in the still pond reflecting the mystery of your impermanent life
>>> discover the eternal canvas of clear water 
>>> in the depth of you
>>> on which every image floats in and out of view
>>> This is the moment of awakening, 
>>> 
>>> taste the sun on your tongue, 
>>> feel yourself as blossom,
>>> innocent as the touch of a baby’s skin
>>> open as the night sky, glistening like a star.
>>>  
>>> splash in the puddles
>>> pick daisies, plant seeds, 
>>> go barefoot, hug a tree.
>>> take down your trombone
>>> follow the wild ideas
>>> swelling in your heart
>>> 
>>> See how each
>>> season informs the next
>>> and what its like
>>> to belong to each progression 
>>> to claim your part in the next possibility
>>> to make love to this world
>>> just as it is
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Inseminate your presence
>>> into the dark cosmic egg
>>> with the fertility of your vision
>>> 
>>> what do you want to begin?
>>> what is yours to do?
>>> 
>>> What is yearning to be nourished in your soul 
>>> that only you can birth into this NEW WORLD
>>> AS IT IS GIVING BIRTH TO US.  
>>> 
>>> don’t miss it
>>> stop complaining
>>> don’t let the judgements or opinions
>>> or the gossip
>>> or the fear
>>> infect you 
>>> 
>>> don’t let the past, 
>>> or the anger or finger pointing
>>> or the worst case scenario made up in your mind 
>>> make you blind
>>> or disappear
>>> everyone’s gifts are needed here
>>> 
>>> Its spring
>>> the season of renewal 
>>> awakening the divine spark 
>>> within you!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> its happening for us
>>> not to us, 
>>> 
>>> Don’t miss it. 
>>> 
>>> 
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