Owlfeather Collective publishes works that bear witness to sacred teachings within nature and within each living being. All proceeds from Owlfeather publications support humanitarian, environmental and/or cultural causes.
“In my rushing mind / where does clarity open its luminous space among the cloudy worlds of thought?”
In her latest collection of poetry, The Ideal in the Mind, A Book of Days, Suzanne Ironbiter generously offers the reader insights into sources of clarity and steadiness in this troubled world. She situates herself among fellow creatures, attentive to a marvelous multitude of plants from dandelions to old oaks and animals from bees to whales. From this foundation, Ironbiter’s poems confidently reach out to take strength from everyday objects and activities, as well as lessons from indigenous, Buddhist, and scientific thoughtways, and joy from well-loved storytellers and artists. Her poems seek and find balm for herself and those around her as we all struggle through these times of COVID.
Anyone interested in contemplative poetry, spiritual reflection, and study of the mind – the heart/mind as Buddhists know it – will find much nourishment in this volume.
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“Rooting/Des/arraigar is a mirror to the human spirit, an epigenetic reckoning. With these poems and their translations, Medrano draws on the boundaries of language to gift us with fearless and rich imagery: ungüentos to heal our memories.”
“Rooting/Des/arraigar es un espejo para el espíritu humano, un ajuste de cuentas epigenética. Con estos poemas y sus traducciones, Medrano usa las delimitaciones del lenguaje y nos regala sus fieras y ricas imágenes: ungüentos para curar nuestras memorias.”
Ana-Maurine Lara
Author / Autora, Erzulie’s Skirt
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To buy Rooting, you can send a check made out to GraceWorks, Inc. for $18 (includes shipping and handling) to GraceWorks, 6 Rushmore Circle, Stamford, CT 06905. You may also order it online at www.graceworksforall.org. Go to “Support” and donate $18. The transaction will automatically issue you a receipt for your tax files as well as provide GraceWorks the address to mail you the book.
“In Between Us the Long Road, Ralph Nazareth’s poems invite the reader to believe it is possible to keep moving through a world that can easily destroy us. As I read Ralph’s poems, I felt heavy; I felt light. Isn’t this what poetry is? A language that cries out, It isn’t easy? At the same time, a language that insists we claim our love of this world.”
Lynda Sorensen, poet, ed. On This Crust of Earth: A Gathering of Poets.
Proceeds from the sale of this book support GraceWorks, Inc.
To buy Between Us the Long Road, you can send a check made out to GraceWorks, Inc. for $15 (includes shipping and handling) to GraceWorks, 6 Rushmore Circle, Stamford, CT 06905. You may also order it online at www.graceworksforall.org. Go to “Support” and donate $15. The transaction will automatically issue you a receipt for your tax files as well as provide GraceWorks the address to mail you the book.
Interweaving family, nature, environmental issues, Buddhist teachings and the Anishinaabe heritage of three of her grandchildren, How Fish Learn: A Book of Days 2010-2015 is a continuing poetic sequence begun the year before Ironbiter was to turn seventy. The poems reflect an intention to be with a range of critical moments as they emerge. No narrative is imposed or sought out. Over the course of time, like fish surfacing and sinking from view, various threads appear.
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The Secret Journey of Issa imagines the young Jesus’ relationships with spiritual teachers including his mother, maternal grandparents and a woman guru with whom he studies in India during his “lost years.”
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Proceeds from the sale of this book support Midwest Environmental Advocates and International Campaign for Tibet.