Seaweed and the Sea

 Is it innocence

which lifts the wings

of the heart...

Is it in these moments

that the seaweed 

becomes the sea?

PhotoPoem by Akiba and Maryam

The Iris and The Heron

The veins of love run deep

There is a light in the throat of love

calling us home

To let our wings fall over

from the weight of love

and yet like a heron in a treetop,

 standing in love

 can make eyes fierce

 and wings rise up.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey

These stellar fusing glass triangles are an expression of the heart songs living within each woman in the Healing Arts Circle at the Center for Wisdom's Women. There is also a powerfully loving felt collage at the end.

Making Jewelry To Reflect Inner Jewels Workshop

Monday, July 10th from 5-7pm - $40

Stained Glass Express, Manchester, Maine 04351

To Register Please Call: 207-213-4126

Instructor: Dr. Maryam Mermey

 A Fire That Cannot Be Ignored

A fire that cannot be ignored;

The flame in your eye

burns through the sham... 

Creating patterns out of chaos,

cooled by spring water

but never extinguished.

Your pomegranate eye 

cradles the seed of darkness

until it bursts with light.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey

Healing Felt Collages and Wooden Plaques made by the awe-inspiring women in the Healing Arts Circle at the Center for Wisdom's Women. The gorgeous felt was generously donated by Khaila Noel's Grandmother, Cyndi Black. The felt collages express places of comfort and the journey to get to these places. The wooden plaques express inclusion of the whole self: body, heart, soul, mind and spirit. 

 Something to love

In each moment...

there is something to love

When the wind lifts your feathers

When there is lichen

to dig your claws into

In each moment...

there is something to love

When you see Great Crested Fly Catchers

building a nest

or a White Egret stretched out in flight

In each moment...

there is something to love

photopoem by akiba & maryam mermey 

For Rob

Looking back

I find it touching that being 6' 4" tall

your favorite bird was a small songbird,

the black-capped chickadee.

You loved babies and songbirds.

You loved playing with your baby daughter

and then baby granddaughter in your pool.

You introduced me to classical music,

my favorite genre to this day.

As you looked out over your white collar

your gaze, far reaching, was much like this black-capped chickadee.

photopoem by akiba & maryam mermey

 Baptism 

Baptism by water

Big feet and little feet.

Parents at attention 

Love bonding them to each downy chick... 

Green grasses reflecting

bless their passage.

photopoem by akiba & maryam mermey

I wonder what you are feeling...

Are you feeling one with all of life...

Concerned about protecting your brood?

Is your Mother voice calling out?

What is the speck beneath your eye?

Are the green grasses and lake water

reminding you of dreams

nesting beneath

your warm body?

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey

Peach Glow

There's so much I know

that can't fit

into the notes

of a melody...

but lives in the stillness

of green leaves

and the peach glow

of my heart.

Photopoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey

Transcendent wooden plaque collages created by the Women's Healing Arts Circle at the Center for Wisdom's Women. The theme expressed is Standing In The Truth Of Your Own Being.