Christina Isobel 12/5/22 Christina Isobel 12/5/22

SLEEP

I have a complicated relationship with sleep. I ‘suspect others do too.

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Christina Isobel 11/10/22 Christina Isobel 11/10/22

GOLD AT THE END OF THE POEM

Robert Bly believed gold in a fairytale presaged a happy ending. I believe for poetry too.

Christina Isobel 9/7/22 Christina Isobel 9/7/22

FOR ARWEN

My daughter birthing her first baby, herself as a mother, and me as a grandmother.

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Christina Isobel 9/4/22 Christina Isobel 9/4/22

FOR MY GRANDSON HUCK

This was written soon after my grandson’s birth. Have you ever had so much joy suddenly come into your life that you were afraid to hold it?

Christina Isobel 8/29/22 Christina Isobel 8/29/22

Talking to Moon

Unexpected connection to Moon

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Christina Isobel 8/2/22 Christina Isobel 8/2/22

Washing Hands

I am a bit OCD about hand washing. Then Covid hit. Ouch. Worse. I’suspect I am not alone. This poem is a nudge nudge wink wink to me and all those as we slowly undo the fear and change the pattern to washing when appropriate.

Christina Isobel 7/28/22 Christina Isobel 7/28/22

MY FARMERS' MARKET: 2009

Summertime 2009. This poem was written in a different time. My heart hurts at the enormity of ongoing greed, duplicity, violence, and hate, which has been revealed and multiplied since then. Take some sustenance from simple pleasures and connections recounted in this poem. They still exist in our country. They will help our hearts. They will help us stay juicy for the long task of freeing our nation and our people from deliberate enslavement.

Christina Isobel 7/25/22 Christina Isobel 7/25/22

PLEASURES OF THE FLESH

Change and joys of aging.

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Christina Isobel 7/14/22 Christina Isobel 7/14/22

Washing Dishes

Confession: when I am sad or dealing with intense inner work or big house breakages (no hot water, no water, no internet etc.) washing dishes is the first to go. So this poem is helping me get a new relationship to make it more fun and actually nourishing.

Christina Isobel 4/25/22 Christina Isobel 4/25/22

THE RIDER

An unexpected oneness with trees.

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Christina Isobel 3/30/22 Christina Isobel 3/30/22

MORNING

A groggy mind can take you into different experiences.

I have a complicated relationship with sleep. I ‘suspect others do too.

Robert Bly believed gold in a fairytale presaged a happy ending. I believe for poetry too.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading FOR ARWEN… and scroll down to see the whole poem.

I am a bit OCD about hand washing. Then Covid hit. Ouch. Worse. I’suspect I am not alone. This poem is a nudge nudge wink wink to me and all those as we slowly undo the fear and change the pattern to washing when appropriate.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading THE RIDER… and scroll down to see the whole poem.

Press play to listen to audio of me reading I MORNING… and scroll down to see the whole poem.