Tarot Tuesday: Rainbow Blessings, or the Ten of Cups

Spectral fingerprints Spiral nebulae, body, Our DNA bared This week, contemplating last week's Nine of Cups tarot writing prompt, I visited the Griffith Observatory high above Los Angeles, venturing inside the museum with its photos…

Tarot Tuesday: The Fairy Godfather, or The Nine of Cups

I leave you sated Moon’s silver bounty—weightless— Pearling heart’s satchel So why might a pilgrim leave a bounty behind to travel a new path as we saw in last week’s Eight of Cups prompt? Let’s say all your life you…

Tarot Tuesday: The Pilgrim in Red, or The Eight of Cups

I chase peacock’s tail-- Who can resist dawn’s dewed lawn, Trill of rainbow keen? Every heart has the capacity to be confused, lured by the “seven deadly sins”…or, to give them a gentler name, seven sisters (or brothers) of…

Tarot Tuesday: The Chameleon Heart and the Seven of Cups

Your love friend, spins me Pollened slippers to the sky Handstands side-by-side. Remember that friend, like the one I remembered here, triggered by last week’s Six of Cups prompt? Did you climb trees together? Sneak out of bedroom…

Tarot Tuesday: Widow of Cups

Grief is a blue cloak Wicking tears from root-spilled cups Widow, turn: Friends wait. I was surprised a widow showed up in this Haiku for the last week's Five of Cups prompt. But certainly she belongs there. The indigo tears of the…

Tarot Tuesday: Five of Cups

Did I make this cup? Behind potter’s door, kiln waits-- Lover of all forms. Behind this door, clay, studio, kiln, and the many pairs of hands choosing what to sculpt and fire co-mingle in rhythm of activity and stillness. I'm thinking…