Whispering Secrets

Mythical beings

run by whispering secrets

Their feet kiss the grass.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Awesome Autism Teen Social Group creating cedar Mandalas with cedar shapes, colored glass, paper art and fabric paint. We ended with a Mandala Exhibit for parents and a Peace Dance with tie-dyed, silk banners. The paper art was graciously donated by Paula Kwon :)

Deeply felt Mosaic Mandalas expressing what it's like to live inside the skin, the heart and the breath of the bully, the target and the witness-hero in the Transforming the Bullying Cycle Through the Expressive Arts Workshop at the 2019 International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference in Berkeley, CA.

Peace

Sometimes we're given

callings 

beyond our reach

and yet we reach

with every prayer

of our being

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2019

The Hawk

No matter how closely

I look,

there will always be

something forgotten.

Something I didn't see,

something too big

too small

 too close

or something,

which didn't wish

to be seen.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2019

Wingspan

Sometimes our wings spread

farther than we imagine

and our hearts follow.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2019

Essence

If the tightness

in my heart could speak,

it would unleash reels

and reels of a great love

rising up

in swirls of smoke...

Many see the light of a candle,

but as the candle burns out...

who sees the essence?

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey Copyright © 2018

Christmas Lights

Beethoven's Complete Symphonies

play on my iPhone...

I keep the Christmas lights on all night...

a red, votive candle lit

for all those in need of prayer.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey Copyright © 2018

The Crown

The center of my being,

drawn by the sun,

reaches through the crown

for what is noble in all.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey Copyright © 2018

Creators of beauty from the Glass Jewelry Making Class at the MaineGeneral Medical Center in the Prevention & Healthy Living Program.

Passionate artists from the Women's Healing Arts Circle at The Center for Wisdom's Women, using watercolors to explore the theme of the Passion of Being. Artists and artwork in order of appearance are by: Abby White-Owl, Mary C. Hopkins, Susan Fitzpatrick, Sue Coker, Bethanie Bernard, Ruth Carney and Mikayla.

Still Fire

On a fallen log

with a heart-shaped hole,

a father stands - in regal dignity.

His colors bold,

His fire still.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2018