by Gerri Ravyn Stanfield | Mar 22, 2016 | Revolution of the Spirit, Revolutionary Poems, Uncategorized |
When I was little and couldn’t sleep at night, there was a giant bear who arrived at the foot of my bed and sing lullabies of dark blue and fresh green. He gave me songs of faery wings and jewels growing in caverns deep inside the earth. I coaxed the bear into my twin... 
by Gerri Ravyn Stanfield | Sep 30, 2015 | Revolutionary Poems, Uncategorized |
You took all the liquor Bourbon, vodka, Canadian whisky aquavit from Sweden, the bottle of dessert port and the sharpest knives. Took the large bottle of ibuprofen, my head screamed. Left the bicycle that you had been saying you would ride again for ten years ... 
by Gerri Ravyn Stanfield | Aug 24, 2015 | Revolution of the Spirit, Revolutionary Poems, Uncategorized |
When you have fallen to the bottom of your world: Yes you can lie facedown, forehead pressed to the hardwood floor knowing that you have no control over what happens next, keep pressing the play next episode button on Netflix, eat potato chips and stare vacantly,... 
by Gerri Ravyn Stanfield | Dec 23, 2014 | Revolutionary Poems, social justice |
Here. Now. I unfurl the rich velvet solace of the night sky, the canticle of the inky sea, that blackness which is all colors put together, outside the firelight when day is unwound. These words are said to be the opposites of dark in the English... 
by Gerri Ravyn Stanfield | Oct 6, 2014 | Events/Workshops, Revolution of the Spirit |
No cure that fails to engage our spirit can make us well. —Viktor Frankl The modern world is challenging, immediate and frequently brutal. As the infamous curse prophesies, we are certainly living in interesting times. Ingenious solutions are required daily. ...
