A Riverrun Conversation

[Ashley Cooper]

Welcome!

This riverrun thread is a poetic flow of words, images, and expressions... a swirling current of responses passing from one person to the next. Take a moment to be inspired by a previous line and respond with whatever is asking to pour forth... a short phrase, a sentence, a picture, ....

What can we discover and learn together?

[Thomas Arthur]

Spiral growth spinning through the cycle
opening to a felt sense of aliveness.

[Jonathan Haber]

A felt sense of aliveness
dull and numb behind my armor
as a revolutionary warrior yet to be
dreaming we are of when we will be free

May we see

This revolutionary impulse
choosing courage coalescing up the spine in tiny
bubbles of insight and compassion

May we see

Everything we choose to be
a fire's sullen context
a liquid immersion into form
a silent scream gives me room to breathe

May we see

Who we choose to be
as we.... _______ (ready, set... GO!)

[Patricia Black]

resilience springs open anew

[Hala Makarem]

Contraction ... Expansion
Opening space for connection
Flowing along the tidal waves of union
Bringing sense into action
Facilitating movement towards evolution

Swimming in the river so slowly
Reaching the nature of authenticity quietly
Finding the harvest of humanity inquisitively
Surrendering to the flow of life consciously

[Thomas Arthur]

∞
On an open slope of gratitude,
space awakened with living centers unfolding wholeness.

[Kathie Wallace]

...oh so yes!...

[Kathie Wallace]

The task
is not to bring it
all together,
but to make places
and find ways
to keep the fabric,
the visions of hope
moving on,
fluid, dynamic,
without domination,
with all the textures
and strands,
the loose weave
and the knotted
places.
Ruth Blaser
Daring Hope address 1996(?)

[Ashley Cooper]

I look up and see
a sky inviting me
to new perspective
on ancient truth
and present reality

curling in
life finds its way through

stretched tight
opening a felt sense of aliveness

resilience springs open

Contraction ... Expansion
Opening space for connection

surrendering inquisitively
authentically quiet

visions of hope moving...


What keeps my spirited eyes awake?

photo source

[Simon d'Orsogna]

my spirited eyes awaken



with all the textures
and strands,
the loose weave
and the knotted
places

sharp as intricacy

piercing me with an exactness
before words