Temple Oracle

for Isis You found me scattered across the land lost to myself and the world You found me and gathered me up hope breathing in as you searched You found me one thousand pieces torn in rage by our brother You found me except for one piece beast eaten in his belly You found me […]

for H.D. I cling to you my golden ring etched with the ancient poem Twisting you on I become invisible as a breath, a gasp Let me be your precious you said as I lay down Your lap my bower your lips my journey away from green pastures Years later I twist turn the golden […]

i remember you my eyes locked in rapture as you took the stage tweed clung to my thigh like a hungry lover devouring each sigh as we gathered you cleared your throat and i could not look away aldous aldous i remember the magic you painted that I could never have * i remember me […]

This is my year by the sea pen in hand as I work through the hard places of my heart Coming to visit my friends say I look happy for the first time in ages while with pot of tea raised I shake inside Patterns in sand come and go as I wander the beaches […]

(for Demeter) They call you underworld goddess eater of pomegranates red lips stained with curiosity They call you the raped goddess bride of dark Hades crying in his shade for light But I remember you young and bouncing pulling at my furled skirts But I remember you joyful with delight from spring to fall harvest […]

In sacred Dodona mud under foot by you by you waving oak leaves as you reached down Mud under foot whispers between branches from you from you of the visions you threw like a fisherman’s net Whispers between branches truths of 10,000 years of you of you our beloved Goddess dancing in dreams Truths of […]

we still circle each other planets of past desires caught up in each others gravity

Knuckles buckle down making moons that will never be full Digging in purple with focus Fill me up crescent moon buckled down knuckles made of my will

(response to “The Grudge” by Jeffrey McDaniel) You kiss me petals blooming on ravenous lips the venom of your resentment stinging me as we stumble into bed Passion flows out of us for what are lust and rage but dancing cousins caught up in the same steps on the ballroom floor Hands grabbing hair fangs […]

a strand of hair knots entwined drop of venom spit intertwined broken glass mirrored fear blood and urine whispers dear rusted nails broken trust mixed together with scrapes of rust in a glass bottle sealed tight with them ill and send this blight