Winter Solstice: A Promise Within the Big Dark
Explore the meaning of winter solstice through garden wisdom, ancient tradition, and the Big Dark—a meditation on rest, threshold, and promise.
Poetry
Awaken: A Poem About Stirring What Matters
A reflective poem that drifts through existential static until a single memory—raven-call, metallic air, a slip on the summit rock—stirs what matters awake again.
Waves and Words: An Insistence to Write
It’s been a quiet week here, full of writing and reflection. Five chapters took shape during a hurricane along the Atlantic, an insistence to stay in and work on the novel. A small haiku surfaced along the way.
The Minutes Before the Day: A Caregiver’s Meditation on Being Awake
A poetic meditation on caregiving and memory, exploring the liminal space between forgetting and remembering. Through sensory detail and fractured time, this deeply personal reflection reveals how identity persists in the body—and how love lives in the moments in between.
Inkling Generator: A Well of Tiny Poems
At the bottom of Evergreen Inkwell lies the Inkling Generator: a quiet invitation to summon bite-sized poems with intention. Click once and receive a refreshed moment of mood, mystery, or meaning—then let the inkwell settle for the next seeker.
At Noon on Solstice: A Poem and Simple Ways to Celebrate the Summer Solstice
Celebrate the summer solstice with a gentle poem and six soul-rooted rituals to mark Litha—simple acts of light, earth, and intention for the longest day of the year.
The Gate: A Poem About Memory, Fractured Reality, and Altered Perception
There is a threshold where perception bends and reality fractures. The Gate flickers like a fever dream, shifting between the anticipation of transformation and the fragility of the rational mind.
A doorway opens. The game begins again.
I Am A Fig: A Poem About Resilience and Blooming Inward
An intimate reflection on the fig as a symbol of strength, mystery, and the sacred feminine. The poem explores themes of transformation, protection, and the hidden beauty within.
The Void: A Poem On Anxiety and Panic
An evocative journey to the fragile edge of the human psyche. The Void presses in, suffocating and magnetic, taunting you to surrender to its panic-laced terror. Ravenous and relentless, it drinks deep, depleting everything.
Remembering You: A Poem About Loss, Love, and Grief
A tender and unflinching tribute to a brother lost too soon. This poem navigates the ache of absence, the enduring bond of sibling love, and the infuriating chaos of grief. Like an infinite knot that can never be untangled: no answers, no direction, no sense.