Awake – a pantoum

Posted on February 5, 2015March 27, 2015 by Laurel Archer

Awake as the sun rises turning toward the tasks of today yesterday’s expectations loosen to make room for imagination; turning toward the tasks of today writing my way to the centre to make sens... Read More

Drafts

Posted on November 22, 2014November 25, 2014 by Laurel Archer

Writing poetry slows me down.  Whatever the focus of the poem, or whatever the reason behind writing it, almost certainly it pulls on some important place inside of me.  Rendering it to words and th... Read More

What to do with reality

Posted on October 21, 2014November 22, 2014 by Laurel Archer

What to do with reality 1. A Wind of Reputation like a Chinook Wind, easily vaporizes snowdrifts, slaps the broad face of everything, bullies a walker to stoop, strips off topsoil and intimidates the ... Read More

Blog Shmog

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Laurel Archer

I am finding this process uncomfortable – without hardly any reason to do so, having written what, four posts on this blog,   I feel completely unmodern, nonmodern, immodern?? –nope, not... Read More

Putting my shoes on

Posted on September 23, 2014September 23, 2014 by Laurel Archer

Putting on my shoes is the last thing I do before heading out the door on a new adventure.  An adventure can be anything as mundane as going for groceries or something grand like a summer holiday.  ... Read More

Starfish

Posted on January 3, 2014January 6, 2014 by Laurel Archer

Starfish Spineless sea yogis, all arms and arms, wedged into impossible spaces. Barnacled outcroppings prop a supple pose, like a shadow, cast by a heavenly cousin – held by hope in the turning of t... Read More

Do I rise?

Posted on January 2, 2014January 5, 2014 by Laurel Archer

Do I rise? Can you see the desire in the snow as it meets creation – even as creation sleeps in the dark? As it falls the flakes are held, slowed in the embrace of streetlight before resting on the ... Read More