The Mud Puddle

Photo: still from video linked below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylI5iU9E0VY

Like a magenta sunrise,

this passing moment

can linger a lifetime

without a promise.

Gratitude is the indefinite host

of the Beloved’s caress,

if even brief,

delicate,

surprising.

There is nothing shallow

about waters that

quench the thirst of a longing soul.

Splash barefoot

in that mud puddle,

wholeheartedly.

It is what remains of a brief

interlude between

Heaven and Earth.

In the hours left before

this sunset,

there is ample time

to count everything that

touches you

as a blessing.

2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

The Poet's Eyes

Image: origin unknown, Sufi dancers

To see the world

through soft eyes

is to See the world

through the poet’s eyes.

Duality blurs into Unity

when it is the heart

that manifests Vision.

‘Round and ‘round

the ancient dihedral

dances the Beloved’s

suitor.

Surely he finds himself

liquored on his own breath

when he realizes

it is he in the spotless looking glass

gazing gently

upon the soul of the world.

© 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

Directions of the Geese

Image: origin unknown

Between the clouds
and the Great Mystery,

forgotten by all but our

most primal being,

lies an atmosphere

where we can meet those

we’ve denied and abandoned.

Soul fragments linger

in the ethers

awaiting recognition

and a mustering of courage.

They count the seasons

of their exile by

the directions of the geese.

Won’t you call

yourSelf

Home?

© 2011-2012/Jamie K. Reaser

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

Affections

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

This is what you can learn from a bee:

Do not be stingy with
your affections for the flowers
that surround you.

An abundance of beauty
to be delicately visited upon
is no curse.

Open your heart to the possibility
that the Beloved has
chosen your form
through which to make
love with all of Life.

(c) 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser
Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

The Unfurling

Image: Origin unknown (from Earthschool harmony's FB page)

Poem dedicated to Vara Dionne with gratitude for the inspiration

I cannot help but be moved

by the silent unfurling

of fiddlehead and

floral opulence.

What if I could come undone

with such beauty

and willful surrender?

Grace is the heart throb of the Beloved.

Let me speak with a tongue

of liquid pearls

and repeatedly turn mySelf

inside out

until my heart is evident to even

the weariest eye.

This, I feel,

is what it means

to unfold –

to risk to blossom

amidst a world of witnesses.

© 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

Cellular Memory

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

I wrote you a poem
last night
upon a shard
of memory.

These tiny cells of mine
resonate with the primordial
whisperings of
kindred dust.

Every part of me
has been something else
that embodied
passion.

The veins of this crimson maple leaf
may share an identity
with a past or future
lover.

"Tangible intimacy with the world,"

says the tree who
witnesses my rebirths,

"begins with gratitude
for the forgotten lives
that give you life."

(c) 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser
Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" (www.hiraethpress.com)

Touching

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

The sun broke
through the rain clouds
the very instant
the cormorant rose and rippled
Autumn-colored
waters.

I’m sure they kissed.

What is this that I have witnessed?

When the spirits borrow
the fleeting body
dreams become tangible
possibilities.

A hand can reach into
another
to comfort and inspire
the soul.

© 2011-2017/Jamie K. Reaser

Published in "Sacred Reciprocity: Courting the Beloved in Everyday Life" 
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