• Poetry

    To Kathy on Her 80th

    After Eve and Adam left their primal home, Eden fell asleep. And while it slept, it dreamt, And conjured up A future gardener. Such a one Could plant a unity, a blend of earth and heaven As existed long ago.…

  • Poetry

    The Church Bells

    I miss the bygone bells, The bronze deep-throated Sunday thrum That synced with the vibrations of my heart And called me out of time. O hark. The weekday Angelus, in sounding noontime pause, Pressed gently on the reset button Of…

  • Poetry

    Quiet Voices

    Breathing into the stillness of morning I listen Lingering in the tranquil emptiness I wait Melting into the sensational everything I feel Whispers of Intimacy itself calling me by name I open In the presence of all beyond All I…

  • Musings

    Changed by the power of love yet again Should’ve known given the subtle signs It has taken me ages to recognize Fear of loss flickering just behind my thoughts Silent dread lurking in my stilted breath Subliminal guarding against unknowable…

  • Poetry

    Broken Pieces

    I’ve been gently gathering Bits and bobs of beauty Aspects of our being That have fallen away Storms have come and gone Wreckage turned to rapture By love’s abiding hands In tandem with the great ones   © 2023 Gail…