The mind field: navigating memory and experience while writing
This piece explores the voice behind the poet, the stitching of memory, and the anchor points that root us in a world that often slips past.
Tag: mindfulness
Beneath life itself: Tuning into the Current That runs Through Us All, The Current Moment
Perhaps the part of me that has something to say About grass And the broad expanse of ink black sky Sprinkled with stars An orange moon Surprisingly wonky Reminds me to breathe That life is more than pressure And bustle And hustle That people should really be told What I yell sometimes in my heart […]
Circle back
Who are you at 3am Sitting on the front step Staring into the darkness Lit by thousands of stars Perhaps a full moon (But not together They are sort of a one or the other Shine The stars fade when the moon is bright) Who are you then? At 3am As you sip coffee and […]
Cling
Fingertip By fingertip Hauling out of the ether I listen with only half an ear to the sounds of droplets plump with water Trickling down iron a laughing wet chuckle Slushing through the pipes Forming limpid lines Then dropping Plopping on concrete below Brief life over hardly born There are things that form Only to […]
Three worlds one reality
Out of my head and the thoughts that ensnare Away from the “net” Away from the “gram” Fall into place where the leaves shiver and the soles of the feet take in the warmth of the uneven earth beneath Textures that please the fingertips Drink in the energy that floats gold dust in the air […]
Green and gold
There is a colour Between green and gold In the paddocks weighted down. Verdant grass with lush roots of spring growth heady with seed Green Turning Brown I tramp through the early morning light Watching the colours shift and sway One minute fresh One minute hay Thinking I feel a bit like that today
Flow
Star grass lies in drifts Against fences Hedges And anywhere else the wind has left it A change in direction Sees it dance gracefully south pivot north Some days it just goes back and forth across the paddock It doesn’t seem to have a favourite track Or purpose I wonder what’s that like As I […]
Reactionary
Jellyfish swim at the whim of the ocean tides They arrive on the beach Leaving people streaming out of the water Cursing jellyfish Who (you’ll recall) arrive at the whim of the ocean And die parched deaths High and dry Away from the tide That delivered them. Thoughts arise unbidden Create emotions that often need […]
Mute Enroute
Human I feel you Dancing along beside me Because I am also human With eyes that see The invisible web that weaves around us all and through Palpable Resonating Encountering trouble in one Turning to another Winged fingers unknotting The invisible ties that bind Unravelling the goodness which defines Nearly all Humans Our genuine desire […]
Memory
It is difficult to recall that the earth is a ball Floating around in space When horizons are flat The sky looks solid And we are stuck in the human race It’s difficult to know that the tree that grows Sprang forth from a random seed It’s puzzling we forget we are surrounded by magic […]