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Ingrid Oliphant
Mar 6, 20191 min read
The Gidding by T.S. Eliot
God at the Kitchen Sink Part V What we call the beginning is often the end And to make and end is to make a beginning. The end is where...
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Living in reservation
God at the Kitchen Sink Beyond personal reserves and boundaries and reservations of the mind and heart exists all of creation. Waiting...
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 25, 20192 min read
My secret is safe with your secret….
I’ve shared before the confusion and despair felt when ignored by tribal leadership I’ve reached out to across the continent. Whether the...
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 24, 20191 min read
Afraid to feel?
Does it feel foolish to you, impossible even, that your ‘feeling too much’ isn’t that at all? Can you, even the tiniest of moments...
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 23, 20194 min read
Principles and Visitations from the Mother
I’m reading a book called Benediction by Kent Haruf. It’s one of those that I’m forcing myself to finish for reasons I can’t comprehend....
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 22, 20191 min read
Oceans of Love
It often feels impossible to describe the love contained within me. Even when I cannot give it words, it frightens people. They seem to...
Ingrid Oliphant
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Of course.
Of course I know you’re reading this.
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Potomac
Oh, my love. Can’t you see? You can no more drown in her love than the sky can fall. I did hear you. And hold you up. Reach out.
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 18, 20191 min read
Prayerfelt
The prayers come like flowing skeins of hope landing on a morning dew-kiss The prayers come crash landing on energetic waves of rage The...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jan 7, 20191 min read
Universal Fury
The mouth in the clouds opens into a universal scream because there is no space for a dream -ing of future, places, tense for little...
Ingrid Oliphant
Nov 12, 20181 min read
Grounded
Wolf crawled into my skin Fur pushing through feathers “You’re grounded,” he said. Talons became claws and I howled. Horse took pity and...
Ingrid Oliphant
Nov 11, 20181 min read
Truths to be Unburied
“When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything...
Ingrid Oliphant
Nov 11, 20181 min read
On the Sun and Stars and Knotted Hair
The sun called you daughter long before you were first touched by dawn. Trees bow before you more deeply than they do...
Ingrid Oliphant
Oct 30, 20181 min read
Combing
Bending, I bow my head And lay my hands upon Her hair, combing, and think How women do this for Each other. My daughter’s hair Curls...
Ingrid Oliphant
Oct 9, 20181 min read
Weaver Woven
Like the waves of the sea and winds from the mountains The past and Presence rise to meet me. Grief, gnowledge, knowing, ...
Ingrid Oliphant
Nov 18, 20171 min read
Because I Believe
Because I believe the Heart of a sister The touch of the Ancestors The presence of the beloveds and elephant trunks kissing my face....
Ingrid Oliphant
Oct 14, 20171 min read
Peace
Still peace Utter peace Conceived somewhere Somewhen Borne on and delivered by some wind To settle and sigh Through the heart #soulfulpoetry
Ingrid Oliphant
Sep 5, 20174 min read
Speak Now or Forever…
The weight of this sad time we must obey Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most, we that are young...
Ingrid Oliphant
Aug 12, 20171 min read
May Mercy Rise
May the grief-stricken be touched with the tenderest kiss. May the hunger for hubris be starved as love is heard. May mercy rise. May the...
Ingrid Oliphant
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Deadly Devotion
To cry “Save our Mother” while prying open the thighs of her daughters, slashing and burning through souls… To dance for Durga and honor...
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