The Organic Poet
The thing @poseofpower
Topic - Spirituality
I’ll tell you what’s been keeping me alive
the thing we cannot name
the thing we can’t explain
an entity there, floating always
in us around us through us
in skin and bone
in hidden places
and in full color, large print
stored in trunks
heard in magic
echoes through the mountains
knows well our ancestors
in butterflies’ wings
in hurricanes
at the beginning of the first heartbeat
and every one after that
and even after the last
in freehand filigree
in tooled precision
in the judgment of the difference
in the verdict and answer
in the discerning
in the voice and the ears
saturates us like water in a sponge
breathing water that is what we are
and the wonder too of stars
and the take away
and the addition
in rights and wrongs
in trials and tragedies
in celebrations.
Poetry biography
Name: @poseofpower
Place of residence: Boise, Idaho
Your favourite quote: Daises need sunshine and roses need rain, so it was all meant to be. (From Alison Krauss's song Teardrops will Kiss the Morning Dew)
Your one wish for the world: That everyone would find peace inside themselves so that they can radiate love instead of hate.
Where can we find out more about you: on Twitter, @poseofpower
A small bio about you:
Due to her health, Shelly has been mostly homebound since 2009. Poetry has been a great source of comfort for her as she faces a terminal illness. Through her physical and psychological struggles, she has found solace in the spiritual. Her poetry speaks of intense pain and suffering and the beauty of transcendence.