Poems



Essays on Healing:


SON OF MALINCHE

TIME ON THE CROSS

WATER SPIRITS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND POISONED OF A GOD

THE HEART OF LEARNING THE CRAFT OF COMPASSION

SHAMANISM, ADDICTION, AND THE DAY I DIDN'T DIE

IN PRAISE OF THE LITTLE ONES

HOMAGE TO MY
DRUNKEN BUDDHIST FATHER

ADDICTED TO ELSEWHERE

WATER SPIRITS,
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
AND POISONED OF A GOD


THE DAY OF THE DEAD

FROM ONE HERMIT TO ANOTHER

AMOR FATI:
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN
ORACLE


LETTER TO LINGUA FRANCA

A CONSPIRACY OF KINDNESS

THE WAY OF
SACRED ILLNESS


BETWEEN AFRICA AND AMERICA

DISTRESSING DISGUISES

COYOTE'S GIFT

FOLLOWING THE THREAD


THROUGH THE NARROW PLACE

THE SOUL OF MEDICINE


Humor:

PALIN AS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

MACARONI AND JESUS
AND BARBECUED BARBIE

DIVINE COMEDY OF
SACRED ILLNESS: A TAROT HEALING

PORTRAIT OF THE SHAMAN
AS A YOUNG MAN


SOMETIMES A MAN
WITHOUT A NOSE


THE LOST GOSPEL ACCORDING
TO WHATS' HIS NAME


 

Essays on
Peacemaking:

CONCLUSION OF THE VILLAGE OF THE WATER SPIRITS

UNBECOMING WAR AND TERRORISM

BLOOD, EARTH AND THE DAY I'M NOT GOING TO DIE

CAN I SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD YET

GABACHICANO IN L.A.

JOURNEY TO VIETNAM

OVERCOMING TERRORISM — A TWELVE STEP APPROACH

THE LOOKING GLASS WAR:
Original (English)
German Translation


MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

EMPATHY AND THE LOGIC OF MURDER


REACHING ACROSS WORLDS

THE VILLAGE OF THE GRANDFATHERS

Selection from
THE VILLAGE OF THE WATER SPIRITS


Afterword to
ENTERING THE GHOST RIVER,

a book by Deena Metzger


C.G. JUNG IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS

HEALING THE DREAM
OF APOCALYPSE: A RITUAL


AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FBI

IN THE ASHES OF LAMENT

GIFTS FROM THE THIEF

MAINLINING APOCALYPSE