don’t even call it thanksgiving
With no anticipation,
let the Milky Way spill down
your spine, overflowing
the stone cup of your heart,
Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Nov 23, 2023 | Poetry |
With no anticipation,
let the Milky Way spill down
your spine, overflowing
the stone cup of your heart,
Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Sep 9, 2023 | Poetry |
Your first breath hugged
atoms of all races, all tribes
into your blood,
the flesh of stars,
particles of the ancestors,
Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Jul 24, 2023 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Mysticism |
A lump of soil is the wealth of nations. A fresh wild mushroom is the feast of kings. If we identify with anybody, it’s the broken people, the wounded ones, the minds that have come a little unglued. Because they see everything from the vale of loss that cradles the mountain of wonder.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Mar 16, 2023 | Braided Perspectives, Editor's Picks, Featured |
I Am the Body, I Am the Radiance around the body, and I Am the energy field of this beating bloody heart that extends beyond the stars, enfolding the farthest galaxies.
Read MorePosted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Feb 8, 2023 | Applied Spirituality, Editor's Picks, Featured |
If I could give you one gift before I leave this world, what I want most to give, and share, is...
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