Ingrid OliphantMar 18, 20201 min readMoonbeams and MagpiesA moonbeam crossed my path the other day and a magpie flew by with construction material in his beak. Broad daylight extending the ways...
Ingrid OliphantMar 17, 20201 min readWe Shaman Types Scare PeopleWe shaman types scare people in the same way schizophrenics do. Our worlds involve relationships with the invisible and the ‘inanimate’,...
Ingrid OliphantMar 15, 20201 min readHead in the Clouds?They said your head was in the clouds. It was actually in the stars. You still are. You just made yourself small, to feel seen and forgot...
Ingrid OliphantMar 13, 20201 min readEntwinedWe are as entwined together as roots to ground. When we feel ripped apart, we roar. Can’t you see? Root into me, he, she Wrapping around...
Ingrid OliphantMar 12, 20201 min readWhere Water Meets SkyWhere water meets sky along a horizon And the waves lick the low setting sun They need not say a thing to each other. The love is in the...
Ingrid OliphantMar 11, 20201 min readThey ComeThey come, the Old Ones and the newly dead ones They come on the wind They come on the rivers From the ground they cleaved and called...
Ingrid OliphantMar 10, 20201 min readAs the Cantor Sings Me ThroughPrayed into Existence Poured into Being The cantor now sings me through Note by note, calling the Becoming and the Return. #Divine #One...
Ingrid OliphantMar 4, 20201 min readDreaming GodI dreamed a dream that really wasn’t God said, painting himself blue so I’d know who was who, “we really are going home this time. I...
Ingrid OliphantMar 3, 20201 min readBathing in HafezI wanted a bath in Hafez today To make a raft for the body and ease the spirit Each poem, each page though was overlaid with images of...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 29, 20201 min readBitter WineThe wine tastes bitter sometimes. Like the dandelion, though, It will help you grow. Sip a little, make the squinty sour-face if you...