Maryam Mermey’s Healing Arts Blog

The Jester

The Jester

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

Ancestors

 

Ancestors

Ancestors

 

Rolling,

playing in the clouds,

ancestors letting me know,

they will always

be with me.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Calls of the Wild

Calls of the Wild

Calls of the Wild

 

Writing poems

like giving birth

is a messy process...

 

Surrendering

 

to the Calls

of the Wild.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Beyond the Sedge Grass

 

Beyond the Sedge Grass

 

Beyond the Sedge Grass

 

Beyond the sedge grass

beyond the clan

beyond the glaciers...

 

I am one

with all life.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

The Rarest of Communions

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The Rarest of Communions

The rarest treasure,

to step not part way,

but all the way

out of one's skin

into another's...

 

To know the heart beat of another,

when it is calm, in fright or love...

 

To breathe with the breath of another,

is the rarest

of communions.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

An Archipelago of Bear Medicine

An Archipelago of Bear Medicine

Cubs rolling

on the sedge grass,

on each other,

on an old tire...

 

Elders resting in the bay...

 

Their strength

rooted in Mother Earth.

Claws whitening

with age.

 

PhotosPoem by Maryam Mermey © 2019

 

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Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Magical Mandalas from the Healing Glass Mandalas Class at Maine/General Prevention & Healthy Living Program.

Mandalas were made with fusing glass and fusing glass paints.

 Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Healing Glass Mandalas Class

 Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Healing Glass Mandalas Class 

Healing Glass Mandalas Class

Innocence & Pain

Innocence & Pain

 

From threshold

to threshold,

 

Innocence & pain

 

Always longing 

for the soul's light.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © Copyright 2019

 

 

We Make Our Own Joy

We Make Our Own Joy

We Make Our Own Joy

 

Finding openings

through the tangle

of branches,

we make

our own joy.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

Beauty Hidden

 

Beauty Hidden

 

Beauty Hidden

 

Each day lifts a veil,

to see beauty 

hidden 

in ancient archetypes

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

The Sacred Trust Between Us

 

The Sacred Trust Between Us

 

The Sacred Trust Between Us

 

is a fortress of the heart.

Whether the sky is blue or grey,

You are my wings 

and I am Yours

Forever.

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

This Moment

 

 

This Moment

 

This Moment

 

Feathers touch the holy water

                                                                                                                  This moment will live in my bones ~ Always

 

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2019

 

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