Weekend Poetry Dates are a weekly series of posts reporting on this newbie's exploration of poetry during National Poetry Month (April 2012). See all the posts here.

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Mud Lake, Ottawa, 2008

This weekend, in honour of Earth Day, I offer you a poem by Wendell Berry. His words make me swoon.

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

~ Wendell Berry

So. Many. Exciting things in the works...

painting, painting, painting, stretching out of my comfort zone, trying new things

a step outside of my creative comfort zone that's leaving

me both perplexed and exhilarated

working on new items to put in the shop
100 iPad Faces project (54 and counting!)
agreeing to be the subject of a mini-documentary/artist profile for a local film student's class assignment
a new Website, learning how to build it using Wordpress
"springifying" my home, tidying up the studio, renewing my physical spaces
exploring poetry and reporting back via Weekend Poetry Dates here, in honour of National Poetry Month
spring hikes with D., playing with my camera

baby pine cones, all in a row - Mud Lake, Ottawa

working with a consultation client to help her fulfill her calling, witnessing how her eyes light up with inspiration when the a-ha moment hits
new juicy service offerings to help YOU fulfill your calling

Oh my, such goodness and such creative energy! It must be spring.