WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW
WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW Do not despise the sinking dread Do not turn away from that hollow ache To not know is to be human. Do not hate the...
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MY POETRY
Michael Warden
Jan 2, 20221 min read
FIND ME
FIND ME My eyes rise to reveal these wet cheeks glowing under the pale cast of the winter moon Skyward, I lift up my cry, a frail lament,...
Michael Warden
Jul 3, 20211 min read
CONSIDER THE SKY
CONSIDER THE SKY Where do you travel hidden in shadow, your black waves in ecstasy, churning under the broad, undulant wings of Seraphim...
Michael Warden
Feb 27, 20211 min read
THE END TIMES
THE END TIMES Stretch out your hands Here, at the bleeding edge Here, at the trembling cusp of everything Bless the bright canyon into...
Michael Warden
Jan 6, 20211 min read
WHAT IT'S LIKE
WHAT IT’S LIKE (6th of January 2021, a Wednesday) Here is what it’s like: You’re standing on the cliff’s edge over a deep dry canyon of...
Michael Warden
Dec 15, 20201 min read
ONLY WONDER KNOWS
ONLY WONDER KNOWS You’ll never really know anything until you’ve listened to the worship of glaciers or for long quiet days bent your ear...
Michael Warden
Oct 22, 20201 min read
WILL YOU?
WILL YOU? I came to the edge beyond the yowling cities of the Earth beyond the yearning harbor of Círden beyond the lost shores of...
Michael Warden
Sep 30, 20201 min read
INTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAM
INTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAM I seek you in the maelstrom of the mundane world my finger on the pulse of that eternal thread that lives between...
Michael Warden
Jul 15, 20201 min read
LET THERE BE
LET THERE BE Let there be light and agents of light you and me with eyes wide open seeing as we’re meant to things as they are Let us...
Michael Warden
Mar 18, 20201 min read
QUARANTINE
QUARANTINE I need a cool wind and stratus clouds at sunrise the way they break the light into a thousand shards I need silence the kind...
Michael Warden
Feb 7, 20201 min read
TO THE LOST SOULS
TO THE LOST SOULS I came in the late morning of my life seeking love I searched every face for that rare elixir of true recognition Who...
Michael Warden
Jan 1, 20201 min read
SO LIVE
SO LIVE there are places on mountains that dare you to live secret hidden places you cannot see from the valley dead-end box canyons...
Michael Warden
Dec 6, 20191 min read
WHEN A STORY DIES
WHEN A STORY DIES You will feel lost All of the maps you have known will fail you leave you utterly abandoned in a new land that does not...
Michael Warden
Sep 19, 20191 min read
AWAKE
AWAKE Come now Don’t be afraid You are stronger Than you pretend Far fiercer and More ruthless You don’t need Any more strength You just...
Michael Warden
Aug 23, 20191 min read
GLENINAGH MOR
GLENINAGH MOR I suppose it was the way the pale light fell across my scar on the shores of Connemara on that late afternoon Or the way...
Michael Warden
Apr 26, 20191 min read
YOUR REAL ADVENTURE
YOUR REAL ADVENTURE to lose the madness you must let go of all the things you tell yourself you ought to be you must die to all artifice...
Michael Warden
Mar 21, 20191 min read
I HOLD FIRE
I HOLD FIRE I hold fire in my secret heart that drives my walking no matter where it is I mean to go this vow is mine though I do not...
Michael Warden
Feb 20, 20191 min read
LAUDS
LAUDS The first movement comes in silence a soft ripple on the surface like silk in the breeze slowly then the sun still hidden away...
Michael Warden
Jan 22, 20191 min read
THE LONGING OF WONDER
THE LONGING OF WONDER I could ask you a thousand times do you love me and it wouldn’t be enough I catch the scent of you like a wild wolf...
Michael Warden
Dec 11, 20181 min read
A LARGER LIFE
A LARGER LIFE I came this morning to the sea felt the wildness playing there, the howl of the wind nipping at the sand, the froth of the...
Michael Warden
Nov 16, 20181 min read
A RIVER'S TRUE SONG
A RIVER’S TRUE SONG Tell me, do you know where Divinity hides the dawn? Have you seen where She cradles the stars, or how He strews them...
Michael Warden
Oct 15, 20181 min read
BUNDLES OF STARLIGHT
BUNDLES OF STARLIGHT This being human feels sometimes like screaming across a great canyon trying to be heard even though you’re right...
Michael Warden
Oct 7, 20181 min read
THE WAKING HOURS
THE WAKING HOURS To know your true path you must listen all the way through to the other side of everything that is trying to speak to...
Michael Warden
Sep 28, 20181 min read
BEGIN AGAIN
BEGIN AGAIN It’s a murder when they tell you you cannot do what you dream My mother used to say you can’t always get what you want She,...
Michael Warden
Jul 19, 20181 min read
THE SECRET
THE SECRET The secret, you see, is realizing there is no such thing as ordinary time. Every day is the day of salvation, every moment...
Michael Warden
Jun 26, 20181 min read
LETTING GO
LETTING GO It’s like a parting you never wanted to come a kissing goodbye and then a long slow silence covering your skin like a chill in...
Michael Warden
Apr 25, 20181 min read
INVOCATION TO ALIVENESS
INVOCATION TO ALIVENESS I am the river dancing I am the black wolf’s wet mane I am the winter moon rising I am the waves of late summer...
Michael Warden
Apr 5, 20181 min read
JUST STEP IN
JUST STEP IN Come easy now move slowly be gentle with yourself as you take this step the step you know you must take the step you long...
Michael Warden
Mar 31, 20181 min read
DRINKING COFFEE
DRINKING COFFEE The clouds are settling now into the steep ravines between the mountains they huddle away from the first light of morning...
Michael Warden
Mar 25, 20181 min read
STAY STEADY NOW
STAY STEADY NOW Stay steady now Grab hold Grab hold of Something And be brave. Everything is telling you the tempest is not yet done. You...
Michael Warden
Jun 6, 20091 min read
PERMISSION
PERMISSION I see you now At long last The one I only knew by happenstance By chance moments, too fleeting A glance in a mirror in a glass...
Michael Warden
Mar 30, 19801 min read
HEARTGUARD
HEARTGUARD Peace that undulant caress that soothes the mad rogue running wild in my heart’s chambers in ways beyond my fevered grasp she...
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