Category Archives: Spirituality

What Spiritual Beliefs Mean to Me

Posted on November 10, 2013 by South Wind

Spirituality? Salvation, yes! And it has a great deal to do with our ability to walk on waters which would blur our vision to what is truly sacred if ever we sunk into them. Without my spiritual beliefs I would … Continue reading →

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Fracking – Against God

Posted on October 23, 2013 by South Wind

I recall speaking to a man in midlife who had criss-crossed North America many times over the course of his life. On the shoulder of a highway, he would extend his right hand, fingertips pressing onto his palm, the thumb … Continue reading →

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Raging? Not Me!

Posted on October 21, 2013 by South Wind

It shook me up a bit on the weekend to hear a woman I hardly know tell a group of people, “the North is where our friend Albert would stand because he is raging and angry.” I’m quite certain that … Continue reading →

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The Wonders of my Ancestral Land

Posted on October 12, 2013 by South Wind

Travelled by Greyhound to Toronto early on Wednesday morning. It was a beautiful day and the ride was leisurely. My reason for going to the “Big Smoke” was to speak about my poetry book Broad Winged Hawk at York University … Continue reading →

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Motionless Waters: Poetry

Posted on August 20, 2013 by South Wind

I’m at my cabin again, oh yeah, and feeling quite pleased with myself at how my poetry writing went this morning. A draft of a poem, one of the city’s Aboriginal organizations requested I write, is laying face up on … Continue reading →

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Cloud Healing

Posted on July 28, 2013 by South Wind

Years went by And the little girl’s love of clouds Grew stronger with each passing day “They are islands” she said “Carried by the winds They have seen the oceans And they have smelled the pines” (from one of my … Continue reading →

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The Healing in ‘Sound’

Posted on July 21, 2013 by South Wind

When my drum sings The trees and birds hear it The ears of the four-legged Welcome the sound into themselves Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon Bless the day and the night When my drum sings There are sounds which I … Continue reading →

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Healing in the Rain

Posted on July 8, 2013 by South Wind

I watch the rain descend Scattered drops, plunging faithfully to their destiny Innocence with an explosive end North Wind must have let out a sigh The drops have transformed Scattered flakes, with no weight Dancing about in their whiteness No … Continue reading →

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Tribute to an Artist

Posted on May 30, 2013 by South Wind

JoAnn Daniels Gaaminjiminang ojijaakowin (Holds on to her Spirit) was born 63 years ago at a time when a blanket of great beauty and colour covered the land. The autumn blanket sewn by one of the season’s grandmother moons, must … Continue reading →

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Assimilation? Never!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by South Wind

At a time of spiritual meditation I am sometimes drawn To point my face towards the sun My eyes tightly shut Still, through closed eyes I see all the colours Of a magnificent sunrise before me Like the fire within … Continue reading →

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