Ingrid OliphantMar 12, 2020Where 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, 2020They 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 hom...
Ingrid OliphantMar 10, 2020To the HunterHow many times did you have me in the cross hairs? Or watch from afar, but close enough to know? To feel? To trust? Were you as close as ...
Ingrid OliphantMar 10, 2020As 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 9, 2020Watching the Trials Gabriel FernandezI’ve been watching the trials of Gabriel Fernandez. I must be numbed to the horrors of the abuses he and others have lived through and di...
Ingrid OliphantMar 5, 2020Not a Random QuestionWho benefits when the FBI and other law enforcement agencies won’t investigate the sexual trafficking of Indigenous women within the gami...
Ingrid OliphantMar 4, 2020Dreaming 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 prom...
Ingrid OliphantMar 3, 2020Bathing 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 Id...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 29, 2020Bitter WineThe wine tastes bitter sometimes. Like the dandelion, though, It will help you grow. Sip a little, make the squinty sour-face if you must...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 26, 2020To Feel the OneTo feel the pain of another is to know their heart. To feel the darkness of another is to know their heart is not dark. To breathe the br...
Ingrid OliphantJan 14, 2020Good Vibrations?When you are focused on ‘raising their vibration’, what are you really trying to do? Why would you choose to do that rather than asking, ...
Ingrid OliphantNov 1, 2019How Long Will it Take You to Listen to your HeartSee Something, Say Something Yes, you. So, when a Grandmother tells me I’m putting too much salt in a dish, I listen. I only had to disa...
Ingrid OliphantOct 31, 2019The Gila River Monster, the Cowesses council member, the Wich-itan and the $50,000 BulletThree men representing three Nations across two countries. Gentlemen, did you really think you were operating unseen? Did you think those...