CROW VISITS WOLF
Altar bell clears consciousness
prayer wheel spins
day prepared
on water tower trail
3 inches new snow
glistens stunted trees
sun flash all blue
reminder to practice
blue sky mind
new shaman appears
pokes snow wolf tracks
wishes well
blue sky mind crow call
Milton Acorn?
around around
cawing crow circles
kite mind string
as crow caws
where I stand
wolf tracks cross
Chris Faiers/cricket
first published Myth Weavers: Canadian Myths and Legends
Katherine Gordon, editor
Serengeti Press, 2007
published ZenRiver: Poems & Haibun
Chris Faiers/cricket
Hidden Brook Press, 2008
Today, Feb. 20, Chase and I hiked these same watertower trails. Sadly, the 60 mph winds of the other night had knocked over many huge old white pines. The larger spirits were quietened, our only encounters were chick chick chickadee - unseen tiny ones flitting in the chaos.
Altar bell clears consciousness
prayer wheel spins
day prepared
on water tower trail
3 inches new snow
glistens stunted trees
sun flash all blue
reminder to practice
blue sky mind
new shaman appears
pokes snow wolf tracks
wishes well
blue sky mind crow call
Milton Acorn?
around around
cawing crow circles
kite mind string
as crow caws
where I stand
wolf tracks cross
Chris Faiers/cricket
first published Myth Weavers: Canadian Myths and Legends
Katherine Gordon, editor
Serengeti Press, 2007
published ZenRiver: Poems & Haibun
Chris Faiers/cricket
Hidden Brook Press, 2008
Today, Feb. 20, Chase and I hiked these same watertower trails. Sadly, the 60 mph winds of the other night had knocked over many huge old white pines. The larger spirits were quietened, our only encounters were chick chick chickadee - unseen tiny ones flitting in the chaos.
