The natural spirits that rise in our minds. Poems by JW Marsh
Original man, simple man Hunter, woman and child Set your trap, a web and a wish Shake the planet’s skin Snake and the woman devoured in flames Love made the mountain and forest People, more people, that’s all that we need Live, live, until we forget – JW Marsh
Music in the dreary heat Maybe with a tom-tom beat Or violins will do just fine To soothe a weary mind Echos of a deeper rhythm Signals in a vivid dream Eyes closed:Someone sent a message sailing on a drifting sea Oh the day The worried way Nothing ruined or betrayedTime stays with us, feel
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First movers Desire and pain every drop of life Insect, coral, wolf and ape Levers of choice and the will to survive Desire is first, the one that pulls the one that makes the calls Every wish is beautiful to the wisher’s deepest soul Even the tiniest ant on the lawn makes it’s life by
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You probably don’t remember yours I often think about mine Our years before birth, eons of emptiness, not yet waiting, not yet a dream Stars lived and died while we basked without stirring in silent non-being for half of forever Here we are now, in this blink of a middle, the next half of endlessness,
The magical forest all falls downSquirrels, treetops, caves and townsLeft is flatness, spread to space A hot wind blowsWhat is this place? Form without matterWind without songs?Everywhere something moving wrong What of the wishes, and hopes for freedom What of the lovers left unfound Something survives, or we would not seeGive it some giving, plant
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All of us are joined by touch By egg, or pollen, living dust All are children of the first Fighting, feeding Life’s a church – JW Marsh
Just before me, as I write, A Marigold bush, alive with bees Gathering sweetness to take to their nests Butterflies sometimes join in the feast Another astonishing face of Gaia Magic and beauty pulled up from the soil Fragrance and colors Gifts gladly given Wherever we look there’s more Earth appreciation poems √ Climate action
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Fellow dancers in joy and pain All of us seeking, all of us gaining Born without asking Placed as a scatter Driven to happiness All the same What to do with such simple equations All the same is all the same All our good work will turn to vapor Do it for love, then All
Life is like a water bubble Made up of the stuff it’s not Always moving, feeling, pushing Reaching, thoughtless, for some top Edges are the only objects Borders shaped by inner forces Motion brought by friendly others Pulls, they feel like, from above Life is like a water bubble Made up of the stuff it’s
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