getbeneathmebird

well, it is that time again. every two years since 2013, around september/october, i have mysteriously been inspired to complete and upload a poem here. while i have been writing a lot lately, unfortunately i have no new poem to share for this two-year cycle. this may signify the end. but every end is a beginning. and so begins dweller of the wood: https://www.dwellerofthewood.com

damn, this place is nostalgic for me. it always feel strange when i come back and look around a bit. i used to spend so much time here, and write poetry with a maddening fertility that will likely never happen again. but i do sink my teeth into it every now and then. these days i am mostly in the forest, and my art form is how to live in good relation to Earth, and it is dwelling on this land that gives me vision. it seems that my poem 'a creation story' got a DD. i wasn't around, so all the worth that was thrown about is sort of dated, but that is okay. it is good to be appreciated. thank you for the recommendation NLY (https://www.deviantart.com/nly). y'all be well.

i have a lot to be grateful for. gratitude is an expression that opens the heart, creating a more coherent resonance of one with its environment & the interactions within it. my visions of an existence for myself & those around me that is marvelously bound to the deepest sentiments & greatest wisdom of nature & being manifest more all the time. i see the patterns & they still astound me. in other news i posted a poem here for the first time in 5 years(?) about 5 months ago. i am not sure what the bar of quality is around here these days, but it got a DD. i remember that used to be an honor of sorts in the literature commu