earth

Oracle

Open the word list; allow the words to
roll around in your mind for awhile. Pay
attention to the ones that jump out, that
correspond to intuition. Observe;
listen; rearrange. Coherence can be
encouraged, but best to follow Her lead.

Colleen asked us to write a syllabic acrostic for Tanka Tuesday from a list which included the word oracle. I have regular conversations with several of Her manifestations. And as Kate recently asked me to clarify what to do with the Random Word Generator (aka Oracle 2) that I post on Sundays, I decided to use my acrostic to give some general instructions. But really there are no rules.

The top collage uses the Collage Box Oracle, which is just a box of words I’ve cut out of various places that I pull out and arrange in a similar fashion to the Magnetic Poetry Oracle (seen in the second collage and here on Saturdays). For my acrostic I’ve used words from this week’s Random Word Generator as inspiration.

Our surroundings are always singing to us–all we need to do sometimes is be still and take the time to listen.

what do we really know?
the emptiness of space
the rhythm of light

Topology

I do not wander
randomly but I
also do not follow
a map. Unlocated, I
listen, I look. The Earth
claims me, returns me
with her favor. I
cannot name all
the colors, nor sing all
the songs she has nested
in my heart. They are
unmeasurable, eternal.

For earthweal, fierce love.

byways

byways s

earth and its creatures
magic in shadow
byways reflected moonward
starpaths that carry
the edges of endless tides

Colleen gave us the photo, above, as our #Tanka Tuesday inspiration. My collage and gogyohka approach it from a distance.

After I saw how Jude at Tales Told Different reversed the order of his tanka lines to make a new and complementary poem, I decided to try it with my 5 lines. To my surprise, it also works when turned around…an unplanned bonus.

the edges of endless tides
starpaths that carry
byways reflected moonward
magic in shadow
earth and its creatures

harvest moon

harvest moon s

harvest moon magnetic

The Oracle’s message to me today was similar to that of Sue Vincent’s “Harmony”.

stones the color of dusk
follow forest spirits–
life growing from tendriled air

deep with night roots
full beneath the moon

we listen like trees
gathering wind
like birdsong welcoming the dawn

a secret
between nothing and everybody–
to let always be

There are other things to listen to besides the news.

moonwind

moonwind s

moonwind magnetic s

I didn’t intend this poem to be for Sue Vincent’s photo prompt, above, but it fit with my painting so well that it became my response–with help from the Oracle, of course.

When I visited the Oracle this morning, I could find no finish for any of my starts. So I went on with my day. When I came back, I began with a thought that completely revised itself several times before I was done.

moonwind asked light
to follow into dark–
an ancient path of secrets
fertile with earth air–
verdant roots growing spirit
from the colors of dawn–
wandering vivid and shining
between deep and wild

I’ve had too many gloomy thoughts lately. The Oracle knows the healing power of the earth. And tonight the half-moon, misty with clouds of hope.

K.

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