Submissions by Ahavati
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Proprio Vos Sanguine Pasco
The Art of Gardening
One cannot become angry, if
In the art of planting,
Another stops to cultivate
The blossom they neglected.
~
Painting by Michael Leunig
In the art of planting,
Another stops to cultivate
The blossom they neglected.
~
Painting by Michael Leunig
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Aylan
sunrise collectors
seek sea shells by the sea shore
washed up three-year-old
~
seek sea shells by the sea shore
washed up three-year-old
~
997 reads
formation
leaves in formation
flying south for the Winter
a time to let go
~
flying south for the Winter
a time to let go
~
1195 reads
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meraki
ancient collision
water burst from a big bang
mudlucious planet
oceans receding
continental formation
oven dough rising
tracks on the seashore
patterns in the distant dunes
evolving Life forms
breath expands a chest
dusty resuscitation
woman claims a rib
knowledge reveals truth
from the Tree grows paradise
sun baked apple pie
...
water burst from a big bang
mudlucious planet
oceans receding
continental formation
oven dough rising
tracks on the seashore
patterns in the distant dunes
evolving Life forms
breath expands a chest
dusty resuscitation
woman claims a rib
knowledge reveals truth
from the Tree grows paradise
sun baked apple pie
...
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Sacred Contracts IV: Bridging
1.
It was no pretense, the stretching
into the reservoir's muddy mouth
where I fashioned brick into steps:
A desert dweller, solitude sitter
breathing dry particles of earth,
vestige love, recycled words.
2.
Micro-climates part sunflowers,
Elevation becoming seraphic;
His hand concrete around mine:
Two enervated refugees bridging
toward an unforeseen denouement.
~
It was no pretense, the stretching
into the reservoir's muddy mouth
where I fashioned brick into steps:
A desert dweller, solitude sitter
breathing dry particles of earth,
vestige love, recycled words.
2.
Micro-climates part sunflowers,
Elevation becoming seraphic;
His hand concrete around mine:
Two enervated refugees bridging
toward an unforeseen denouement.
~
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Numinous
Now parts space,
Gestates earthen eggs:
Namaste.
~
Gestates earthen eggs:
Namaste.
~
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Sacred Contracts III: Holy Communion
His heart is an open experience
My christening words polish
Without a scheduled delivery:
A Sacred Contract of healing.
My presence heralds Winter fuel;
A duel-heritage disappearing
Between blankets of vanishing
Mountains until the cruelest month.
The North face of Love resides in
Accepting the body and blood of this;
The deep side of the South remains
A Sacred Contract between twins.
~
My christening words polish
Without a scheduled delivery:
A Sacred Contract of healing.
My presence heralds Winter fuel;
A duel-heritage disappearing
Between blankets of vanishing
Mountains until the cruelest month.
The North face of Love resides in
Accepting the body and blood of this;
The deep side of the South remains
A Sacred Contract between twins.
~
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Sacred Contracts II: Concepción
I melted in love with the southern hemisphere
sleeping against the chest of an active volcano
fusing my glands sticky against the humid Universe
of an island that I never wanted to leave again.
Objects mirrored above me grew into reflections
closer than my fingers could reach; I watched light
chase the ruddy-capped nightingale, its flight parting
the first cigarette of the lake's smokey morning breath.
A desire for water flows...
sleeping against the chest of an active volcano
fusing my glands sticky against the humid Universe
of an island that I never wanted to leave again.
Objects mirrored above me grew into reflections
closer than my fingers could reach; I watched light
chase the ruddy-capped nightingale, its flight parting
the first cigarette of the lake's smokey morning breath.
A desire for water flows...
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Sacred Contracts I: Birthright
It is your birthright to discover your
sacred contract. it will guide you to
find your divine destiny." ~ Caroline Myss
Endings taught me young to gracefully
release accumulations filling my lungs:
Countries. Animals. Friends. Schools.
Planes. Interstates. Cities. Lovers.
My DNA blooms like drought resistant
Blood Flowers among the removed.
I am the sole survivor of our experience
Now....
sacred contract. it will guide you to
find your divine destiny." ~ Caroline Myss
Endings taught me young to gracefully
release accumulations filling my lungs:
Countries. Animals. Friends. Schools.
Planes. Interstates. Cities. Lovers.
My DNA blooms like drought resistant
Blood Flowers among the removed.
I am the sole survivor of our experience
Now....
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The Perseids
In the silence of this insomniac tent excavating dreams
from the bottomless cavern of darkness, I'm listening to your
sealed nerves from every vestige of decency throbbing
for another chance. You want to uproot and run; you ask me
'how to live when there's no moving forward'. Hope can seem
abandoned in a disembarked land when we relinquish what
we thought we owned. Resistance expands like space until
it bends back, evicting us from the wasted, everyday mundane. ...
from the bottomless cavern of darkness, I'm listening to your
sealed nerves from every vestige of decency throbbing
for another chance. You want to uproot and run; you ask me
'how to live when there's no moving forward'. Hope can seem
abandoned in a disembarked land when we relinquish what
we thought we owned. Resistance expands like space until
it bends back, evicting us from the wasted, everyday mundane. ...
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