Category Archives: Earth poetry
Even in wilderness, I surround
Gone is the forest, deep and wildhere, your feet dig into sand:Remember, I am the molecules of light running through leavesI am the molecules of air between each grain;no matter where you areI surroundI surroundI surround © Meisaan Chan
Role models
Little ball of gnats lifting past the second story window So tiny! So much risk! © Meisaan Chan
Parable of the purple flower
There once was a woman who owned rolling country land as far as the eye could see. It was filled with wildflowers, a remarkable array of colors and shapes and sizes, flowers that followed the bend of the sun from … Continue reading
November
I have forgotten how red the earth gets in autumn I have forgotten the beauty of impending death I have forgotten the graciousness of the lesson © Meisaan Chan
Desirous of touch
Rain clouds, low, so close to the earth desirous of touch so I go out © Meisaan Chan
The spirituality of weeding
No gardener has ever said, “I weeded really well today, so now they’re gone forever.” © Meisaan Chan
A song lifts within me
A song lifts within mea stirring of greenness budding pushing, then unfolding, lifting to the light: A song lifts within me © Meisaan Chan
