Welcome to the Litany of Wild Graces Blog!

Welcome to the Litany Of Wild Graces Blog! Here I will share with you the daily miracles that I witness as I walk my forest paths. You will meet copper-leafed beeches, tunneling worms, the song-dog’s melody, blue heron and autumn’s crickets. My wish is that these poems and songs to the incarnate deity will inspire you to unplug, step out the door and encounter the other-than-human beings who are your neighbors and close-kin.


Poem #1

Bees are astonishing creatures, in that they do not exist singularly! Each bee acts as an essential part of the unified “being” which is the bee-hive. A hive is a “super-organism”, like many fungi, like coral and forests….even like our own bodies which are comprised of countless individual aspects choreographed into the person we call “I" And the unified multiplicity of the hive is also part of a larger super-organism which is the local eco-system it is “nested” within. All of creation exists within Nesting Circles of Belonging. When we become bees…… here is the poem:

A Salute to Nations

 when we become bees

we will know 

self as sunlight

flowers

 

we will catch  

bio-oscillations 

~ the perception of others ~

ruffling through our wings

 

            in the green light of

            appalachian forests

other-than-human

            nations convene for

                        ceremony

pageantry

                        gift-giving

prayer

 

            wild grapevine 

bows down 

to touch sacred earth

 

            troupes of

translucent indian pipe

            are ceremonial 

ghost dancers

 

proud mullein push

new velvet leaves 

through leaf litter

wear petal crowns

 

forest raspberry canes

            are lavender flags 

carried in late afternoon light

 

a republic of 

      tubers

      seeds

      mushrooms 

arrive from far away tribes

bringing gifts to give away

 

as bees bring sweet medicine

for all.

 

benevolence between species

~ our ancient heritage ~

will be a lived-understanding,

reality practiced body to body

 

at last we will come home

to the secret of love 

hidden in the plain sight 

of our own dna