Do we need everything we buy? Why do we shop so vigorously? One person reflects on the holes they try to fill with shopping.

i have deep holes

i try to fill

with empty purchases

and lost experiences

 

holes i so desperately

want to understand

where they come from?

and what they tell of who I am?

 

the holes are deep and mine

and i can tell i'm lost

 

i want to be found

and realize

something deep within me

i want to be there

and know

and feel fulfilled

not empty.

 

i want more

and more

and I want to hold myself

with moving arms

and feel OK.

Sound and words by b Wrauley

Music by Poddington Bear

Cover photo by Artificial Photography

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As two people get closer the intimacy between them can be like electricity.

there's electricity

that runs between us

finger tips

and pressed lips

 

i hold your hand

for first times

see through thought lines

to what-could-be's

moonbeams

and big dreams

 

we touch each other

tenderly

like we could break

this precious thing

 

clear as glass

so evident

we tread tenderly

though we want to plunge

so forcefully

forward

 

pounding

like horse hooves

on thick floors

then

embracing

 

it's fireworks

 

and suddenly

we don't question anymore

it's only forward

 

no limits in speed

from our own hearts

 

no slow downs

or let downs

just onward

and upward

- love is a beautiful thing

Sound and words by b Wrauley

Music by Poddington Bear

Cover photo by Patrick Tomasso

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Thoughts caught in the middle of a bike ride through the city.

Is there a voice inside you that you can't ignore? For some that voice is creativity and answering it's call can be terrifying yet unavoidable.

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Music by Poddington Bear

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On long drives we often pass through unexpected towns that are either abandoned or on the verge of abandonment. Here are some questions asked on one of those drives.

who lived there

once

in dens of blue

     - and green?

 

oddities imagined

while passersby

unknowingly

were characters

in a theatre

unseen

 

damaged cords and cable

dotted the stalwarts of property

 

these persons

could not bind or hold/

     these prisons

     could not bind or hold

Sound and words by b Wrauley

Music by False Awakening

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What goes through your head in the middle of the most intense workout? Do you quit, or keep going...

worn hands

stuck to ground

and feet

like temporary displacement

the calluses grow

and sting

from hanging on

like weathered memories

and permanent stains

it all seems impossible

at the worst moments

and then you’re cut

and bruised

but somehow still around

and after the pain

it’s just you

and truth

and death,

or life

- choice

Sound and words by b Wrauley

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Some thoughts from one participant's perspective during the historic Women's March of 2017.

i joined women and others

marching

for progress

in a system

grown old

and tired

we hoped

marches

would no longer

be needed

still

we danced

on feet

for more things

than celebrated

it was heavy

and dancing became hard

as lofted feet

made loud sounds

on soft ground

forged by others

in a system

we refused

to recognize

Sound and words by b Wrauley

Music by Mindthings

Sound recordings from Women's March from Blog TO and Rational Raven

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Take a journey through memory, into the woods, to a small cabin. Reflect on time once spent on a vacation with deep meaning.

Do you ever have moments where you feel like you're completely loosing it? This poem reflects on some of the things we'd like to hear in those moments.