

My message from the Oracle. It made me think of two collages (based on a painting by Ilya Repin) I did for one of Jane’s long-ago prompts, but when I went searching I could only find one of them.

can you bring stars
to awaken my ghosts
into the eye of morning?
I am longing for magic sails
to open me out from myself
like a window of liquid time
so I can remember how the ocean
became unbroken—a healing breath
reborn—surrounded by salty air

Yours bridges mine and Jane’s today! Amazing how the Oracle works.
I think I remember that collage. It does go with your poem.
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The themes remain and repeat. Thanks Merril.
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They do, and you’re welcome.
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This is thought provoking, Kerfe. I love your collage.
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Thanks Robbie. It’s one of my favorites.
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The collage is amazing (I think I’m overusing that word but I’m really astounded every time you post them)!!
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Aw, thanks Muri. I’ve just been going through some collages from the 80s and photographing them. My work was much simpler back then. I’m not sure I could even work that way now.
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I love your poems that invoke the stars and the ocean. I think this one is the subliminal longing behind mine.
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Yes Merril mentioned that mine was the bridge.
I got my copy of Polaris and I wrote about stars for that. I see we both lead off our chapters.
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I noticed that too. Makes our poems easier to find.
What are the poems like?
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I looked for mine and yours and Manja’s and then just flipped through the rest. I like that they are in their original languages and not all translated to English. Of course I can only guess at the words and meanings of the ones in other languages, but that has its own mysterious beauty.
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Like listening to opera. It’s better not to understand all the words.
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Just hold on to the essences. (K)
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A lovely message from the Oracle – a magic sailing through liquid time sounds like a voyage I would like to take right now too.
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Thanks Suzanne. I hope we both find it.
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‘like a window of liquid time’ – perfect!
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Thanks Ingrid.
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Lovely imagery of longing for spaciousness and airy freedom.
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Thanks Aletha. I love that painting by Ilya Repin–“What Freedom!’–do you know it?
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awesome art and deep words to muse 🙂
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Thanks Kate.
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