Psalm 22
Psalm 22 I Am Neither Kevin Nor Not-Kevin Neither Christian nor not-Christian Neither Taoist nor not-Taoist Neither Shaman nor not-Shaman I Am Neither & Not I Am Both & Becoming & A fountain of tears floods forth from the mountain…
Psalm 21
Psalm 21 People keep small statues of them A clay one sits on the filing cabinet in my office My wife has a fluffy one she hangs on the Christmas tree I know a man who changed his name so…
Psalm 20
Psalm 20 I know not what brings me To coil languid on the black stone of my life To flicker in tongues At the departing language of the mind I am walking snake Hissing word I rise ruthless In the…
Psalm 19
Psalm 19 What wakes, in such haste At the solstice point of my life What rod, now bitter, now sweet Do I grasp in these budding hands In whose triumph, with what chains To which obligation am I led In…
Psalm 18
Psalm 18 In the light and dark of my soul I wake to a thousand presences What land is this? Which city? Who approaches? What calls? Mundus Imaginalis thou art: ancestral Abode, first fruit of primordial time It is you…
Psalm 17
Psalm 17 In a dream An abbess - Emissary of an ancient order Of the hallowed feminine Comes to me – Takes my arm – Guides me to a dying postulant Commands Do not live in the circle Of ever…
Psalm 16
Psalm 16 How much you love me On your lap Stoke my fur And pat my back Till midnight strikes Your shattered house Where I am That And thou art mouse Love me then! Kevin Moran 6/7/10 Whakapapa: This poem…
Psalm 15
Psalm 15 I place my faith in the Eye of the Father That violent Eye, which shatters and re-shatters The shackles of this small self Till I rise phoenix-like From the ashes of my religion To stride whip in hand…
Psalm 14
Psalm 14 I bind upon these lips this day A traitor’s guarantee I will betray what brings me here For that which sets me free I will depart the way so clear For that I cannot see For that which…
Psalm 13
Psalm 13 Where selfhood fails & soul takes flight I swallow owl in dappled light & who, who; who, who; who, who Who: in my heart delights? Where moon stands still & midnight hoots I breathe in owl till oned…