Stone's Slow Words Poem by Joan Woodbridge

Stone's Slow Words

Rating: 3.5


adamantine density
inner halls so steeply narrow

how much substance must I shed
to travel your bright circuits?

how much lightness and listening must I cultivate
to finally hear your slow words?

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
In the shamanic tradition everything is alive and interconnected. The poem is about encountering the oldest beings on earth, the Stone People.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Prof. Of Humanities 10 February 2017

I realize you must have some Native American influence, whether through reading, training, or perhaps from your heritage. I teach indigenous studies. This is one that I refer my students to read.

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Bri Edwards 15 December 2012

joan, are you sure you aren't a geologist rather than psychotherapist? i had to find out what adamantine means. are we talking rock communication here or what? thanks for sharing. i'll check out another poem to see if i understand another one better than this one. bri

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