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Category: #Poetry

April 16, 2019 + #Poetry, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, esoteric psychology, Higher Mind, Mindfulness, Mystery Schools, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Angel of the Nought #writephoto

by Steve Tanham

I am not The Angel of the North. I am not the cross on which. The teacher of the power of love died. I am the way that divides. The awakened from the sleeping. I am old, but younger. Than you…. ➰ © Stephen Tanham In response to Sue Vincent’s challenge: https://scvincent.com/2019/04/11/thursday-photo-prompt-decisions-writephoto/

February 26, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Neolithic, Silent Eye School, Spirituality, Stone Circles

Long Meg

by Steve Tanham

Lady of the northern light Your stone too old to reach Offset with spirals on your flanks With children circled round your banks Give us the grace to see you teach And under stars approach your sight ➰ © Stephen Tanham Stephen Tanham is a director of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness, a not-for-profit organisation that helps people find a personal path to … Read More Long Meg

February 19, 2019 + #Poetry, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Spirituality

Azure Black Tango

by Steve Tanham

It’s a slow, slow tango An explosion of deepest bright A passion written in held-back movement A surrender to the night That follows… ➰ As, soft within the darkness The folds of black reverse And singing not heard in daylight Is loosed upon the universe In perfect union. ➰ © Stephen Tanham Stephen Tanham is a director of the Silent Eye School of Consciousness, a … Read More Azure Black Tango

February 12, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Mystical poetry, Silent Eye School, Spirituality

Summer does not come…

by Steve Tanham

Summer does not come at once Its grip on that which gives it birth Lingers… In glimpse and taste and smell With grind and crunch on dale and fell From frozen earth to green stalk’s birth It rises. ⦿ And in that rising is our eye Serene… Which sees the whole but touches part A joining of the mind and heart And knows in … Read More Summer does not come…

February 5, 2019 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, mystical travel, Spirituality

Blue Europa

by Steve Tanham

Through ancient winter streets I trod My collar tight and scarfed below In February’s Ghent, where waits For travellers who’ve seen it all, a shock: A vivid blue on winter water show ➰ Reminding us that in this place Though old beyond our knowing Is found a will of restful blue A lesson, then, for those whose fear And hatred is their only growing … Read More Blue Europa