Pause.

 

In this country,
beaver-busy
with the forked twigs
of profit
and hustle,
breathe slow.
Feel fingers
grace the plain
of your back
like moonlight.
Remember the glimmer
of dew. Leave
for another day
the splinters
and the rot.
You are not
built for damming,
but for coasting
the silver threads
of rivers.
Like the swell,
you change
the rocks
which hold you.
Ashley Wagner. “Weathering.”

 

I would love to live
Like a river flows,
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.

John O’Donohue. ”Fluent.”

Join us on March 3,2023 at 5:30 in Trinity Cathedral, Easton as we welcome Ashely Wagner to The Spirit of Poetry to share from her latest work. Bring your own spoken word poetry to share. Find out more (here).