Schism Queens, Shadow Monsters, and White Nights
Tone and shade Simple as that Simple as this a teaching for children point at the moon Teacher? Student? More than rote More than the words It's in the woods and the water It's in the messy threads They are watching The moves we make Smiles and laughs The averted eyes They copy our patterns They inherit our unfinished tasks My mother's songs Feeling out the edges Grateful for my graceful guides Thankful for the curves of rainbow songs Boughs of wisteria Benches for mothers Taking time to tend my own threads... A making for me Songs of struggle Songs of love A time for tone and shade Time to learn Mother Mary A Quiet Contrary How doth the Stitching go? With ginger cats and a stab through the back And pretty flowers all in a row Mother Mary Quite Contrary How doth the garden grow? In Black and white In thought quite nice It's all in the practice I know Truths through warp and weft Into the fabric All in place All is well How to act Not to reign A...