War Is Over (If We Want It) Moon
War Is Over (If We Want It) Moon Full Moon April 23, 2024 This morning I sit in the incense Of jasmine & marvel at the intersection Where we meet—how wild the body The earth, the mind, the twining solar field How wild the scent of spring water under willow And open—how open to each other, […]
Gum Tree Oxygen Moon
Gum Tree Oxygen Moon New Moon April 8, 2024 One day soon our moon will say to us to anyone who listens— I am always going Under cover of night disrobed in transparence as deft & casual with beauty as any flowering spring the moon we share will go This unsurpassable breath Seeds fill the air […]
Implicit Association Moon
Implicit Association Moon Full Moon March 24, 2024 Yes, first moon of spring, We are in a strange moment & could use some illumination. Here, early in the day, Already street ceremonies underway Metal rattles & petrol drums. I read poetry in a dark room That speaks in the affirmative While crows rasp outside. Blue lupines, […]
Brought To My Knees Moon
Brought To My Knees Moon New Moon March 10, 2024 The war In our hearts Goes on Small faraway moon We are blessed beyond The sayable And still I confess The pain of compassion Interrupts another day The vast dark infinite Hummingbird lightning This seed of peace Is there a secret Buried in the sky Dear […]
Seagull Muses Moon
Seagull Muses Moon Full Moon February 24, 2024 I think of gravity and bones When I see the joggers scud along the mud flats Peopled with non-human selves poking protein from silt How the grebes and cormorants seem to gulp Before diving out of sight to fly underwater. I wonder how long this wind will blow […]
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Enter to win your choice of: > $100 gift card for art supplies at JerrysArtarama.com > $100 off at Suiko.art (good for originals or prints) Shop original paintings and prints at Suiko.art, can be re-gifted, includes framing & shipping! > a 1:1 Artmonk Coaching call with Suiko an hourlong call for support on your creativity, […]
Moiré Effect Moon
Moiré Effect Moon New Moon February 9, 2024 Oceanic patterns herald evening here A loosened palette of sky that welcomes attention Gray with rain or pink furrowed tundra tilted Through which we each believe we have seen an owl Glide from out over the bay toward the green place Where frogs emote their post-solstice panegyrics It must be […]
Moon On Water
Moon On Water Full Moon January 25, 2024 moon I saw you see me see you grow all night all day this month this life gathered at the top of the sky then falling again ascendant call. Poem by Qayyum Johnson. Painting by Suiko McCall. Self-forgiveness is Primary Peacework, 2023. Ink on paper, 60×45″.
Our Invisible, Crazy Hearts Moon
Our Invisible, Crazy Hearts Moon New Moon January 11, 2024 Mostly you don’t see the moon in a city So a new moon is a double-blind bind An experiment in lunacy for lunatics Imagine all the pollution, poverty & injustice That you perceive become thin stars While the new moon that you cannot see Swells infinitely […]
Film: Live Your Power
How do other people deal with the challenges in their lives? How have they managed to do something they didn’t dare to do before? Let yourself be touched by the stories of courageous, vulnerable, strong and thoroughly alive people from all over the world. Youtube Playlist with empowering life stories from all over the world About […]
