Author Archives: Inner Ventures
Golden Threads
The following poem I wrote as the result of a process I worked through as explained in his new ebook, Escape to the Homelands of the Heart – Awaken your Inner Poet, by Michael R Dale. A book I can … Continue reading
Meet me in the Woodshed – a new Facebook group for men
MEN – Who are we, when we struggle and crawl out from under the vast belly of Patriarchy? and Matriarchy too? The planet we live on, and have abused for so long, is revealing to us the devastating effects of … Continue reading
My Mother
This week I got a little closer to something I have been sidestepping for a long time. My partner tells me how I subtly withhold my self, my thoughts and feelings, my vulnerability, my love – for her and for … Continue reading
Our Inner Poet
From an Ebook entitled ESCAPE TO THE HOMELANDS OF THE HEART written by Michael R. Dale … Now what of the poet archetype? Where does the Inner Poet fit in? The poet archetype is so important, because it is in … Continue reading
Souldiers of a Higher Order…
The polarities are changing with respect to gender. Soon it won’t be men vs. women. It will be the awakening vs. the asleep, the heartfelt vs. the heartless. Men will rise up and stand beside women in opposition to those … Continue reading
Wild One – Record of a dream, written on a train, given to a stranger
I know I am alive, but forget to remember and rejoice. So now, awake, I celebrate, Defying the numbness of my normal life. In my dream I glow And move with a singing vibrancy. I flow, with the current of … Continue reading
Come To The River – Rumi
Come! Take a pick-axe And break apart Your stony self. The heart’s matrix is glutted with rubies. Springs of laughter are buried in your breast. Unstop the wine jar Batter down the door to the treasury of nonexistence. The water … Continue reading
Sometimes
‘Mandala of life’ by Paul Swatridge Sometimes, when a bird cries out, Or the wind sweeps through a tree, Or a dog howls in a far off farm, I hold still and listen a long time. My soul turns and … Continue reading
The Gift of the Desert – Camels and Racing Cars
I adjust to the slow swinging pace of the camels and take in their mix of gentle grace, their unique body shapes and their massive animal presence. I stare at the beauty of the shadows we cast on the sand; … Continue reading
A Beard Quandary
I have ‘worn’ a beard my whole adult life apart from one time in the 1980s when I went to India on my own and had the courage to shave it off and see myself ‘naked’. My suspicions were confirmed … Continue reading
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