Category Archives: Earth Whispering: Poems

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Surfing

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Spirit is the wave on which I ride
from which I carve the cleft
of liquid light
that arcs across my sight and dazzles me
makes me feel
the dew beside my eyes
and in my lashes
taste the spray
on lips and tongue
and breathe a shuddered breath
of piercing joy
Each arc returns
in rippled splash
to the commanding wave
Each moment carves new definition
So the arc continues
the infinite responding to my presence
overwhelming liquid power
showers me
A blessing that I can’t
hold in my hands.


©Wendy Mulhern
July 28, 2011

Cloudscape

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Did you know? — A shift in thought
a subtle yes
even a small acceptance
of my deep desire to bless
can move the clouds in me
initiate
colossal drift
of ponderous
cumulus
command a sudden breakthrough
sunlight streaming
send a deeper breath of inspiration
evaporate my cloistered condensation
make me rise, refreshed
embrace the brightness
drink the sun
and open, like a light-infused cloud canyon
through which I’ll fly, with you as my companion.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 26, 2011



NIght Beach

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In the time after the sparkles
when the dark waves speak
in their low tones
along the dark beach
and the liquid heat
has drained out of the day
Lean in close
to take in what they have to say
Here in the hush
of night high tide
where water meets the soft sand
and the seaweeds glide
in the last glowing of the evening sky
The ancient secrets whisper once again
No, you will not put words on this
even though you’ll hear and understand
The soothing language of the bay
can comfort you
beyond all reason, or anything you planned
The circle, circle, rock and rush
persistent, peaceful, patient
when you’ve gone home, this hush, recalled
will bring you here again.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 25, 2011



To Edward

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Across a course of chaos
where I strayed
by stepping forward
anchorless and unafraid
and eager to take in the possibility
of soaring in the updraft of infinity
You reached me
with a zinging call to honesty
that loosened all the curling twines
that tangled me
You brought me home
to calm and settled clarity
reminding me how you, unfailingly
have been my mirror and my clear pool
I drink from you again and rise, whole.
©Wendy Mulhern
July 24, 2011



These little things convince me

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These little things convince me:

the flowers’ affirmation of the breeze
the sudden dart of dragonflies and hummingbirds
the ambience of bees
the constant roll of water shoreward
in and in with no sound of receding
the slow glide of an osprey
and the smell of seaweed
the chirp of songbirds, intimate and sweet
the warm/cool scrish of sand against my feet

these things convince me of my right to ask
for every harmony to come to pass
that all our lives be lifted in a strong embrace
where each of us rides splendid in our perfect place
no more to ever settle for that dark illusion
in which our basic state is thrashed confusion

if all these things are held and blessed
then so are we
our lives in woven light, exalted, free.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 22, 2011

A love poem

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Your face doesn’t matter
None of us has a perfect face
It doesn’t matter how evolved you are
For we are all buffoons
It doesn’t matter
How much you worry, how you obsess
Or what regimes you’ve self imposed to engineer success.
What matters is your sweet heart
And your intrepid soul
And that you love.
©Wendy Mulhern
July 21, 2011



Approaching the infinite

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Approaching the infinite
Some will chant, some will sing
Some will pray
Some will cry
Some will dance, naked
Some will robe themselves
in flowers and angel’s wings
Some will study, some will read books
Some will build structures
Some will tend crops
Some will climb, some will run
Some will champion others
All will give everything
For only everything is enough.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 19, 2011



Lights

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In the dark cave of decrepit stories
We may huddle around the candle flames
of our love for each other
A candle here, a candle there
Carefully tended or carelessly snuffed out
We may wander
looking for another
Another light
Another one to light our candle
But if a chink of sky should show
through some surprising cleft of cave
If it should shine on you or me
I might see you transfigured
by amazing light
Not just the small circle of your face
but all of you lit up
and I would want you.
Or you might see me thus
and want my light
and we might cling to one another
But wait
Let’s climb together
Let’s find others
Make a pyramid
Let’s climb out.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 18, 2011




To each one who loves

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The first pebble moves alone
but on its first bounce
it moves three more pebbles
which each dislodge
a few more
until the whole hillside rattles
and stones tumble down
echo across canyons
become the news of the moment
the chain of sound much longer than
each pebble’s arc
So may our love be
the news of the moment
its course inciting many more
Its sound
insistent drumming
rousing many more hearts
to fall in bouncing abandon
into the depths of love.
©Wendy Mulhern
July 17, 2011