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April 3, 2015
Is A Secret Sacred
Is a secret sacred
Is it to be held
Heartily is some reverential place
Only to be revealed
To the ones of the cult
Is a secret sacred
Is it to be held
Hopeful and tentative in its space
Or should it be revealed
At the alter of great doubt
Is a secret sacred
*Originally posted as a submission for Poetic Asides Poetry Challenge, the 2015 April PAD Challenge: Day 2 ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey.
*Photo: Maudslay State Park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey
March 8, 2015
It has been 22 years since I wrote the poem below about a woman who was “broken down” from all she had gone through in her life. She knew she wasn’t alone, there were plenty of other women who also had the “broken down woman blues.” Today, on International Women’s Day, I am reflecting on how far we’ve come in the past 22 years, and recognize we still have a long way to go. Looking through some old writing the other night I ran across this poem and felt it fitting to share on International Women’s Day.
We come together as sisters, the women of the Broken Down Woman Blues. We’ve come to feel that no man will ever save us, that we can only rely on ourselves. We come from abusive relationships, we carry a lot of painful weight as we struggle to find ourselves in a man’s world.
And for some of us, we come together as sisters united by the struggle for our own rights as women, our own empowerment, the idea women still don’t have equality. When we stand up and we keep getting pushed down, we sometimes break down.
Women around the world know this truth… (more…)
March 6, 2015
Hozier was on the Today Show this morning performing his breakout hit Take Me To Church and his new single, From Eden, both from his self titled debut CD, Hozier
Hozier performs Take Me To Church on the Today Show: (more…)
March 4, 2015
Hozier’s guitar picking style on “To Be Alone” is quite reminiscent of the late blues great, John Lee Hooker, who is a favorite of mine, and said to be one of Hozier’s influences in his unique sound and style. Check out this version of “To Be Alone“, “live in Kilkenny”:
I’m hooked on Hozier… There are times that I can’t get enough listening in. You know that feeling you get when you play the same song over and over again until it permeates your very being. I’m there. Stuck tonight on “To Be Alone
Hozier’s lyrics hover on the edge of poetic genius singed by the flames of passion, somewhere between the edge of darkness and light. Brilliant stuff… Every song on his CD, Hozier
February 12, 2015
This last Sunday, Annie Lennox and Hozier wowed the Grammy audience performing Hozier
Hozier and Lennox teaming was all the rage on the internet, managing to go viral very quickly on social media websites, Twitter and Facebook. That was where I first saw it, as I don’t have cable. The short finale clip of Annie Lennox was what drew me to find a video of the full performance, and when I did, I discovered Hozier. I was quickly drawn into the lyrics and arrangement of ‘Take To Me To Church,’ and Hozier’s performance.
The latest mashup of Hozier’s brilliant song, ‘Take Me To Church’ is this incredible dance performance by Russian ballet dancer, Sergei Polunin.
Enjoy… (more…)
January 24, 2015
The silent sound of snow falling
Reverential as it is,
Touching all like a blessing
That is new, fresh and pure.
For old snow never falls so delicately,
Once it has landed in its place
Snow changes form,
Like a shape-shifter, morphing
With the winter wind.
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