Category Archives: Poetry

The Star Card

Posted on 1 June 2012 by MEY

Dear readers, I’m happy to share the poem “The Star Card,” which I wrote in spring while finishing poem collages now being exhibited at (SCENE) Metrospace of East Lansing, Michigan. This first experiment with mixed-media collage inspired by poetry took … Continue reading →

Posted in Pics&Videos, Poetry | Tagged collage, mixed media, SCENE Metrospace, The Healing, triptych | Leave a comment

Collage, A Medium for Community: Origins, Part 2

Posted on 9 May 2012 by MEY

This story is the second installation in the series, “The Origins of Words & Afterwards,” to share the back story to the Greater Lansing community-arts collaboration. Please note that there are separate subscriptions for my direct blog Dey of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Words and Afterwards | Tagged American Friends Service Committee, Ann Francis, collage, GLNAWI, Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice, Peace Education Center, Red Cedar Friends | Leave a comment

How One Exhibit Inspired Another: Origins, Part 1

Posted on 2 May 2012 by MEY

This story is the first in a series, “The Origins of Words & Afterwards,”which gives an inside look at the Greater Lansing community-arts collaboration as its project coordinator. Subscribers of my blog Dey of the Phoenix may be aware that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Words and Afterwards | Tagged Eyes Wide Open, generations, multimedia, Red Cedar Friends, war | Leave a comment

“blood beats history as presence”

Posted on 22 March 2012 by MEY

During a brown-bag today put on by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Executive Director Leslie Donaldson shared some news. Her past two visits on Tim Barron’s morning radio show included conversation about my line of poetry, “blood beats history … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Sexuality&Gender | Tagged Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Leslie Donaldson, Scott D. Southard, Tim Barron, Voices from the Gap, Women's History Month | 4 Comments

Invocation of Light

Posted on 1 November 2011 by MEY

…I greet the black morning and its bright stars, frost pinching my nose, quiet filling my ears. Chiron, a stray dog into a fourth week of fostering, stretches his legs in the yard. We return to the warmth of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Circle Home, Creativity, Event, Poetry, Spirituality, Workshop, Writing in the Dark | Tagged Absolute Gallery, Center for Poetry, Coyote Wisdom Bookstore, Kathy Holcomb, light, Peace Education Center, seasons | Leave a comment

Give Away

Posted on 25 October 2011 by MEY

At the workshop “Writing as Healing,” participants taught me the importance of listening, often times a challenge for wordy-types like myself. The lesson especially was fitting for a program being given at The Listening Ear Crisis Center, which offers a … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Poetry, Spirituality, The Writing Room, Workshop | Tagged Caroline Myss, Gloria Anzaldúa, listening, The Listening Ear | 2 Comments

Playing with Shadows

Posted on 24 October 2011 by MEY

My recent workshop “Writing as Healing” gave rise to a new piece, also inspired by recent events that reminded me about laying down the power of past pains. It’s a poem-in-progress called “Give Away,” and I look forward to sharing … Continue reading →

Posted in Circle Home, Event, Lansing, Poetry, The Writing Room, Workshop, Writing in the Dark | Tagged Coyote Wisdom Bookstore, Fenner Nature Center, Triple Goddess Bookstore | Leave a comment

Lasing State Journal Review

Posted on 11 September 2011 by MEY

Many thanks to Ray Walsh for his review of “Circle. . .Home” in the Lansing State Journal: “Collection of poetry, prose is rooted in mid-Michigan area.” The online version dates September 10, while the print edition runs today September 11. … Continue reading →

Posted in Circle Home, Media, Poetry | Tagged book review, Lansing Online News, Lansing State Journal, Patrick Diehl, Randall Schaetzl, Ray Walsh | Leave a comment

Celebrating Turtle Island

Posted on 3 June 2011 by MEY

What is Turtle Island? Within a number of North American circles, the name is used for the Earth as a living being. Creation stories of certain tribes and language groups of this continent, including the Ojibwa and Haudenosaunce (Iroquois), tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Circle Home, Event, Poetry, Turtle Island | Tagged Barb Barton, indigenous, Linda Robinson, Native Wild Rice Coalition, open mic, Tubbs Lake | Leave a comment

Unpacking Embodying Our Words

Posted on 21 February 2011 by MEY

In anticipation of Embodying Our Words – a HerStories program in the greater Lansing area held February 18 and 19 – I reread Gloria Anzaldúa’s essay “now let us shift . . . the path of conocimiento . . . … Continue reading →

Posted in HerStories, Poetry, The Writing Room | Tagged embodied writing, Gloria Anzaldúa | 3 Comments