Psalms

Psalm 38 i am i & Thou art Thou; yet, breath by breath we breathe as one – We are Commonwealth: You, drawn like a salmon to the well of my dissolution Ignite such passionate articulation that i tumble, like…

Psalm 37 When Frank and I played Christmas in the Heart We just laughed & laughed A couple of old hippies Listening to Moreporks On the West Coast – Something about Dylan Crooning Jingle Bells Made infinite sense While down…

Psalm 36 Red bra You are the delectable tease You’ve stolen all my pyjamas You’re so fucking scary You lick me sane Why, why, why, I cry Why you and not some other name Because, you drool I am the…

Psalm 35 And I stand at the door and shout And I knock at the door and weep And I name my heart evangelist And I name my heart insane And I stand at the door and knock And I…

Psalm 34 I name it shock My very first fly rod Lost in the river Where details are important & I never saw it coming Where nothing can save me When I stand in the river It’s a Fenwick Backpacker…

Psalm 33 No one tells you the path to the heart It’s not that no one knows – but it’s your heart Let me tell you about the day I stood between guardians – The first I call original snake.…

Psalm 32 Today I name my life I stand Tranquil and confident on a friend’s balcony in Charteris Bay Face the incoming tide My life holds me I join palm to palm to heart Lift to brow Celebrate the great…

Psalm 31  Mōkihi I set you free on the awa Te Ipurangi Know not who dips your paddle Only You must be free If a voice cries from the land of Ōtautahi Who sends thee Oh Mōkihi Say A poor…

Psalm 30 Who can say why the black horse rears – His hoofs pawing vacant air & is gone? I spend my days building altars to the Uncontainable My nights with the Smasher of Chains What seizes my life is…

Psalm 29 Night falls & I am lit by the hallowed memory Of the voice (now fierce, now tender) Which, brings me to this place – To this I cling, as I take the upward turn Beyond the 2nd lookout…