Ingrid OliphantMar 2, 20161 min readUnboundDefine me, shrink me: you starve your self of Self. Keep me nailed in a box of unyielding words, That box becomes your coffin. I do not...
Ingrid OliphantMar 2, 20161 min readFinding OneselfEach individual finds himself within himself. Then he finds himself within his surroundings: His friends, community and people. The...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 26, 20161 min readBleeding GroundWhen the ground speaks whispering deepest of sorrows Seeking release of the wounds long held for others Seeped into soil, morphed into...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 21, 20161 min readBreaklightlight keeps on breaking. i keep knowing the language of other nations. i keep hearing tree talk water words and i keep knowing what they...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 20, 20161 min readFireby Joy Harjo a woman can’t survive by her breath alone she must know the voices of the mountains she must recognize the foreverness of...
Ingrid OliphantJan 27, 20162 min readDancing their RequiemToday, for hours, I’ve sung Kaddish with millions. They appeared during a conversation with a friend’s great-grandfather this morning and...
Ingrid OliphantJan 26, 20161 min readRing Settings of Wisdomthe angels were certain powers of that form which the folk call the great human the angels were to it Like the spiritual and perceptual...
Ingrid OliphantJan 18, 20161 min readSoul Dancing“I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised...
Ingrid OliphantJan 15, 20164 min readDispatches from the Drivers Seat: From Choctaw Country to NavajolandDispatches from the Drivers Seat Earlier, I shared an experience of my relationship with the elements and etheric that  developed as I...
Ingrid OliphantJan 15, 20164 min readA Trip to Choctaw CountryDispatches from the Drivers Seat Earlier, I shared an experience of my relationship with the elements and etheric that  developed as I...