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The post Letter from an Angel (3) first appeared on Braided Way Magazine.
At the end of this life
or beginning of the after
I imagine I’ll see Earth’s cracked blue
hanging in space like a gemstone.
Moon shimmering, crevice and gleam.
I’ll long to return to the grime
of my kitchen, run a lone finger
slow cross the counter.
Take an hour to wash dishes.
Elbows slicked by suds.
Be...
When I was young, I thought “What’s real?” was a question reserved for philosophers, poets, and people who buy things with tassels.
Then life introduced me to the Vietnam War, grief, AA, family faith differences, and the steady humiliation of being wrong both out loud and in my own head.
Now, at 84, I think what’s...
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a three-day conference with the late Robert Bly (1926-2021). It was my intention, as an author and artist, to capture the event in both written and visual form. What follows is my translation of Mr. Bly’s presentation in drawings and words.
ResonanceFor Brother Paul
Drowsy
in morning light
filtered through medallions
of stained glass
beneath the stone tracery
of the village church,
in my fragmented listening
when the priest
recited the line of the Creed
about the communion of saints,
I heard co...