Finding OM

Finding OM

Om will empty my mind so I can listen. I hear my heart open and flow like a river full of emotion, love, and compassion. I learn to navigate like a life surfer, a wave rider, a mystic of the seas. I can sit and listen to the stories in my bones, and I can hear the...
Wintering Storm

Wintering Storm

I came to the beach to end my wintering Just as the tourist season was coming to a close. I sit here wettened, not by the ocean but the storm passing over. Eventually I had to escape to shelter. The rage wouldn’t let up and finally lightning had to split the sky So...
Wild Sister

Wild Sister

Little child I was when I first heard the cry, That croak of choked emotion Erupting from the heron taking flight. All she contains, a clay cavern of silence held, Her own cry she feared to utter. Quiet now, hush child. The heron, that solo sailor of the sky, marked...
Rumi Speaks

Rumi Speaks

I watch as the half moon considers itself in this blue sky. How the hawk hides in the crown of this great pine Screeching until a crow dives down and reveals the hiding place. The hawk’s mate answers, echoing from a distance Until I see her circling the sky...
A Rock in the River by Lydia Nitya Griffith

A Rock in the River by Lydia Nitya Griffith

I would like to be a rock in this river to feel the ever constant movement of wild water and the current’s caress like a love affair for all time. I came down to the rocky banks and let my toes sink into the silky mud and disappear until I was as rooted as the...
Life Story – original poem by Lydia Nitya Griffith

Life Story – original poem by Lydia Nitya Griffith

If I were to write my life story I’d start from now and work backwards, All the while forever continuing the story forward Until I can write no more Until I’ve been written off the page This morning I saw a veiled gray image Hovering over the highway Like a giant...