Grief You arrive unexpected (yet welcome) Like friends and family who don’t need to knock but can Come On In (to my house) My Heart I welcome your intimacy (and make space for you to) Recall for me Deep Love Deep Loss Grief I’m at home with you (I welcome you) Come On In
When Your Dad’s an Electrician
When your Dad's an electrician And has a HUGE ring of keys To every door (Every) At the university He’s obviously in charge (Obviously) And when there’s a storm raging outside And the power goes out And your Dad gets called in And he goes In To save the world Obviously Eight
Taking some vacation time to rest and reflect. Peace and grace to you on your way….
Thank you
Just wanted to give a shout out to my followers. I’m over 100 now and I’m pretty happy! Blessings upon you. Grateful for you. Your small poet from a small place thanks you. Warmly, Colleen
Glory
A glorious spread of yellow tansy Growing low and long and wide and wild on the shore Gives me pause And I wonder What would the world look like if It was all planted by You (instead of) me I wonder
Slow
Grinding coffee by hand Because There is something sacred In The slowness
Your Beauty Beckons
In bird song In buds' bloom In babies breath Your beauty beckons To See You Love You Trust You Follow You More
Dragonflies
Tiny brilliant blue Dragonflies flit Over and through The long long grass That we (by some miracle of good intention) Left unshorn
Little Pearl
New places New spaces New faces Our Brave Brave Brave Little Pearl Our bright one
Morning Prayer on Canada Day
Father, this morning I awake Grateful to live here Grateful for the profound privilege that I was born into Poppa there is brokenness and sadness in your land and today I repent for The many ways that I and those who have gone before me have used our privilege to lord it over others For the many ways that in thought, words and actions we have done harm, so much harm For the many ways in which I and those who have gone before me have participated in systemic racism so to perpetuate our privilege For the many ways in which our greed and the unfair use of our shared resources has caused terrible suffering for others For the many ways in which our thoughts, words and actions have facilitated and promoted systemic racism in this land For the many ways in which we have thought and acted without love, without compassion, without kindness, without care. For the many ways in which I and those who have gone before me have been complicit in thought, words and actions in the sin of and then the covering up of the sin that led to the suffering and deaths of so many children and members of their families I repent in sorrow and shame for my own sin and the sins of those who have gone before me Help me to listen with compassion and to learn with humility Help me to live in love Creator God please heal our land. I pray these things in the strong name of Jesus Who lived and died for love Amen
Colleen R. Jantzen 