i wonder if Seedresists sproutingif, before soggy myometriumsplits, they howl in horrorroar as they relentto the ever-thrummingcycle of life is there a birth bellowa growl of genesiseven from a forgotten seed? i wonder if Seedgrievesif, as they emergesacrificing seclusionthey refuse rootingand, fearing future frailtydesire to dwell in the dark are they resentful of beckoning light?do…
Tag: poetry
Regarding Elderberry (A poem)
A short poem for you. I wrote this on December 4, 2021 as I sat in my first herbalism class -- Village Herbalist -- with Sacred Journey Herbal School and Muteable Earth/Cultivate Holistic. I wrote it as a blessing for a remedy we made together which included elderberries. Delighted to edit and share with you…
if i were a wildflower
let me be an evening primroselet me turn my pink face upward in delight of morning sunlet me open wide a thousand supple legsgenerous in magiclet me spread them freely across the musky meadowsand let my yellow laughter inspire the clouds let me adore the caress of radiant butterfly wingslet me shiver under the sweet…
What is sticky?
Glue. Tape. Batter. Dough. Honey.Paint sticks to a wall. Lipstick to a cheek. Chalk to a sidewalk.Mud. Wax. Clay. Sand. Moss.Moss sticks to everything. I see it on rocks, in trees. Sticks on the ground. Water is sticky. Oxygen, the third wheel, always looking for a mate. Relationships are sticky. Phlegm. Blood. Vomit. Shit.Death is sticky. It smells and…
Make a new one
Mckinney Falls New trails to run in this new year.•I listened to Hamilton while I ran today. I normally listen to podcasts or books, but today I wanted music and poetry. And if you know me, you’ll know I have my core albums that bring me back to myself for one reason or another. I…
I will no longer apologize for…
I will no longer apologize for...
Go outside!
I could sit here all morning trying to compose a more profound piece about the outdoors, about the trees and the smell of dust and the greenness of grass. But it's better to go outside. To let the light embrace me the way we are not supposed to embrace. It's best to offer our lips…
to the ashes of my father
there is a prayer that i heard you say. you said, may god take your hearts and set them on fire. we burned your body after you left. your ashes rest on a piano in a room where we don't let the children play. when the buildings burn, like hearts, i think of your god…
Not them
if I fail to see the humanity of another person, then I am the problem. not them if I choose to step over the suffering of another person, then I am the thug. not them if I take everything from my life without thinking of those that lost theirs, then I am the looter. not…
starting and stopping
start turning around stop pulling up short start finding what's found stop refusing support start silencing the phone stop taking the rap start becoming a drone stop licking the sap start casting the stone stop kissing the dream start burning the throne stop swimming upstream start tugging the leash stop painting the face start posing…
Charly Slipp 