Yesterday I heard whispers on the breeze
Today it’s the chatter of people through the trees
Why won’t they just leave?
Rachel Marco-Havens
Rachel Marco-Havens
Rachel is a gifted Multi-Platform Solutionary Artivist working primarily with Energy Transformation. With a strong focus on Women’s Leadership, Youth Empowerment and bridging intergenerational connections, Rachel seeks to close the gaps in social, environmental and spiritual justice movements; in a constant search for the intersectionality in every opportunity to make positive change. Art, Music, Design, Performance and Humor (+a little Mountain Girl Magic) drive the methods to which she has amassed a wealth of “First Aid” tips for the Mind Body & Spirit. Although she has immersed herself in many traditions and bodies of work, Rachel chooses not limit herself to any one school, modality, religion or training. “A lot happens when we change our mind, and even more happens when we bring creative flow to the movement. We all have gifts to bring to the work, and only together will we weave the strongest threads of our safety net!” Some of Rachel’s past & Current Projects: —Title Track Michigan—Board Member —Wildwood Path— Nature Connection Conduit --United Nations representative--Wittenberg Center --Advisor at Center For Earth Ethics (Union theological Center @Columbia University) --Producer The Same Boat Radio --Pathway To Paris: (Collaborative Artist) Rachel’s drive to be effective in the world on a grander scale, is fueled by connecting, engaging, supporting and promoting those working for a just and sustainable planet for regenerations to come. The Same Boat Radio- Rachel hosts a weekly 2 hour radio show on WIOF LP Woodstock 104 A Community Powered, Pacifica affiliated, radio station in Woodstock. Rachel is has a way of spreading Haiku Love. Her 50 card Deck, Haiku For Thought is about to go into its second printing. Keep an eye out for companion decks! Http://HaikuForThought.com
10:27 am
Why am I here?
I guess cuz I said I’d be
Once again giving my time
And they Check that box and get off Scott free
but my energy isnt
And my times not a key
To access or a story
That never included me
Awake
Awake
With the blessing of the sun’s gentle caress
And the sound of your warm breath
I love you
Alive
With the freshness of morning’s first kiss
the first of the days inspired wish
Inspired
To sing from the mountain top
In the glow of the suns last rays
I’d offer you more but the set has begun
And the moon is soon to come
I love you
Everything’s better that way
2023 Poetry Greeting
It is exciting to join this community once again for the blessing of creativity and connection.
May the journey be enriching for all 💚
Strength
Spend your whole life an Other
until the Other becomes the trend
now they want our story
when theirs can’t match
and why would they want it anyway
oh wait.
they always have
because our strength frightens them
and weakens them more
wouldn’t trade a day in this skin for the “privilege” of “normalcy”
Not now or before
Wake
Turning to feel your warmth
in the
cold
damp
earliest wakes of morning
I am nourished by the sound of your breath
and your body close
It feels good to be home
Fini
This time it was easy
let the flow come through in easy motion
sometimes words fail me
this time they danced off my fingers like they were slipping into a warm bath
I love these times
finding powers in the distillation of time and energy meaning and purpose
its okay if no one reads them but me these words delight me in hindsight
Floating downstream through glimpses of my mind I had simply let go of
who wrote that?
me?
when?
huh?
sometimes it’s the prompt most of the time it’s the moment
stepping behind the curtain just offstage to write one
jumping back to finish the set
was that when I wrote that one?
ah so so much fun!
blessed are the times when the world shrinks even smaller than it seemed to let us meet somewhere between reality and dreams
sharing thoughts and spirit with the ghosts of freedom and form
see you again next year…
the pages more weathered and the “souls” of my boots more worn
Bless the flow
Back
So all of that was for this?
and none of that will help this other than to remind me how far this can go
how deep the well of societal dysfunction is and find ways to mitigate more dis-ease
my people are working, tied at the knees with everything we’ve got
to hold eachother close
raise our babies with love and give medicine to the people
be it in song or something to soothe the aches
we didn’t come for the dole, or the unemployment line
we came because spirit brought us here and wanted us to stay
But somehow our bodies mean nothing and out babies are prey
how could you take a mama’s baby away?
what makes you think you know
what they need or what we know?
give my sister back to me
Catch
Sing awake the day
For the only reason to breathe is between your rib cage and your wings
Spread them
Stretch into the beautiful day
Old wounds and tight constriction released as beauty opens to the way
new truths expand and release
Catch em!!
Morning
Morning at the Eastern Gate
a symphony of song and sweet
Roosters crow in the distance behind the gentle dee dee of that my favorite little bird
lovesongs to the sun
it’s the crows who take great care to break the gentle din— summoning me from slumber
Wake UP
Wake UP it’s today!
and my mind and body say…
sleep
sleep some more there is lots in the day where the sun already shines on the other side of lids you should let close
Sleep is love