Third Child Worry is the work of pregnancy: You’re too old, too tired, Your marriage won’t survive, firstborn we fear displacing in the next room telling her father she’d like to see the baby. Now. Open to page where tadpole […]
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Tarot Writing Prompt
Tarot Tuesday: The Four of Disks
May 4, 2016
My experience of the Three of Disks this week was creating with my children. Families in our city were busy making versions of the Mission San Diego De Alcala for Social Studies this month. Under …
Tarot Tuesday: The Two of Disks, or the Unconscious Juggler
April 19, 2016
Sea mercurial Bevels jade, then bevels blue Hummingbird’s palette. Rainbows are still following me, haunting me, like the little rainbow appearing on my bedroom wall the other day; I never did find its source. I’m so in love …
Dusk rain on oil slick Heavens the street at our feet. Which sky hosts, you, me? All of last week I held the Rider Waite Smith Ten of Cups image in my mind, that sunny, happy image of …
Tarot Tuesday: Rainbow Blessings, or the Ten of Cups
April 5, 2016
Spectral fingerprints Spiral nebulae, body, Our DNA bared This week, contemplating last week's Nine of Cups tarot writing prompt, I visited the Griffith Observatory high above Los Angeles, venturing inside the museum with its photos of spiral nebulae, …
Tarot Tuesday: The Fairy Godfather, or The Nine of Cups
April 1, 2016
I leave you sated Moon’s silver bounty—weightless— Pearling heart’s satchel So why might a pilgrim leave a bounty behind to travel a new path as we saw in last week’s Eight of Cups prompt? Let’s say all your …
Tarot Tuesday: The Pilgrim in Red, or The Eight of Cups
March 22, 2016
I chase peacock’s tail-- Who can resist dawn’s dewed lawn, Trill of rainbow keen? Every heart has the capacity to be confused, lured by the “seven deadly sins”…or, to give them a gentler name, seven sisters (or brothers) …
Tarot Tuesday: Five of Cups
March 2, 2016
Did I make this cup? Behind potter’s door, kiln waits-- Lover of all forms. Behind this door, clay, studio, kiln, and the many pairs of hands choosing what to sculpt and fire co-mingle in rhythm of activity and …
Tarot Tuesday: Four Pillars of the Heart
February 24, 2016
Three incoming souls Siblings, they chose us, we them Such blind bravery Observing my life for Three of Cups experiences, last week’s synergy of three manifested in the joy of watching my three children interact playfully with one another. …
Tarot Tuesday: Two of Cups
February 9, 2016
Self-love's Ace of Cups Egret lands, folds outstretched wings Heart rests between flights. My poetry movie collaborator Robyn Beattie joins me now for Tarot Tuesdays as we play with pairing Tarot Haiku and photos. Last week I posted …