on my morning walks I take leave of all things rational
a song of songs whistling through my bones
staggering beauty, yawning melodies
and everything falls away into the enduring horizon
the birds know there is no distance
between imagination and the divine
love is the kind of thing
you sometimes see from the corner of your eyes
while looking to one side
there it is
overflowing like a spring river
with that recognizable ‘first timeness’
climbing up inside you
I taste seaweed and seawater, jade green and pine
and all things I have my heart set on
in the spirit of evocation
and the pealing of bells
I am authentically pure, ringingly
myself
xox
~ Maddie ~
‘I am not a painter, i am a poet and if i can’t be the poet I will be the poem’
Madelyn Mulvaney is a writer, photographer, and the creator of the ‘Persisting stars’ online photography courses. Her photography is represented by Getty Images and can be seen in publications and on book covers around the world. She is particularly fond of morning coffee, swing dancing, polaroids, poetry and loooooong roadtrips. Madelyn lives in a house by the sea filled with art, music and laughter with her beautiful daughter Tess and son Noah and a labradoodle named Roxy.
She is currently working on her book ‘The Art of Living Cheerfully’. Madelyn can be found at her website http://www.madelynmulvaney.com