Deer

Her face a sanctuary 

Innocent

We begin again

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021

The awe~inspiring 11 Healing Glass Mandalas were created by the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Resident Doctors as part of their Wellness Program. The class included glass painting as well as fusing glass and the residents all made phenomenal pieces each with a uniquely wonderful voice!

Goslings

Softness your meditation

Belonging in your black eyes

Room for all emotions

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2021

Emotions Splash

up against the walls

of our hearts

You answer with an arc

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021

The Jester

The archetype

of a jester

running into flight,

A white Mandala 

for an eye,

& an orange beak for humor.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2020

Knowing

Leopard wings opening

and closing

Knowing

there is no end

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021

Herons, Lupines & Thyme

Herons, lupines & thyme

Mystical journeys

Each in its own time

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021

Unscrolling Beauty

Unscrolling Beauty

Nothingness

Everything

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021

                                                                                                             Acoustic Fire

Sometimes a song burns on the inside

Until at just the right moment

it hits my vocal chords

And then there is no turning back

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2021

Shadow wing

Zeal in flight

White blossoms in the past

PhotoHaiku by Akiba & Maryam copyright © 2021

Purple Phoenix

A grotto of purple and snowy white petals

An ancient theatre of angelic dancers

held together in prayer

A phoenix rising

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

Eider's Gift 

Into a galaxy of water droplets

Shaking off intergenerational fears

A sunlit, pink hue is cast

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2021