Alpenglow Raevyn

@landseasky

They/them, AuDHD, Jumano Apache & Euro-American, Druid, UU, knitter, wounded healer, chaser of poetry, healing, songs and the numinous. Let’s make the world better. No DM replies if you haven’t been interacting with my posts a lot.

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Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jul 15

I have found my way again Into the oaken grove The benches wet from watering I sit and soak up coolness As the Garden’s temperature Creeps into city’s summer swelter How I long to be like fern and aster Resting in the shade Of tall green guardians #poetry #photography #aster

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 24

Yesterday I told my workplace I won’t be returning mid-July at the end of my Safe Leave. My career, all the support and work I gave my community as a therapist, wrapping up. My healing journey uncertain. Any future career unknown. I have so much grief. #ptsd

Green leaves of dogbane with a pinkish-white flower cluster centered.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 21

Grasses dancing lithe Coaxing stillness of caught breath Every caress yearns #faesense #titillatingtextures #poetry #haiku #micropoetry

Flowering wild grasses in movement and stillness, horsetails blurred in the background among more wild grasses

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 21

Sunset in the San Luis Valley

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 21

Vibrant sunset Dancing wonder Sands swirl with ancestors and earth Settling in desert valley nooks Where deep waters Heal and feed us all #poetry #photography #naturephotography #dusk #nightsky

A sunset picture tilted so the horizon move from bottom left to upper right corners, filtered so the sky appears bright purple and the sunset may colors show more fuchsia than red. The San Juan mountains accentuate the far horizon

A sunset picture, filtered so the sky appears in hues of turquoise and teal and the sunset colors remain more true to their oranges and reds. The San Juan mountains accentuate the far horizon and cottonwood silhouettes are on the right side

A sunset picture, unfiltered. The sky is orange at try horizon and shifting to deep blue at the top of the picture. A single star is visible. The San Juan mountains are barely visible on the far horizon and cottonwood silhouettes are on the right side of the horizon.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 13

Children in the creek Making friends With ripple & silt Childhood & wind Two become four Fairy houses & bug hotels Childrens’ paws join dog’s Along the bank They ask before they take a leaf Of me, as who is meant to know And their own sense Of right & balance #poetry #photography #creek 1/2

Four children play along a creek, most with their backs turned to the camera, moving sand and silt.

Three paw-like prints in variegated brown silt. The center one is a dog print and the two outside ones are made by children imitating paw prints

White and pink clusters of small flowers on bushes

A spotted towhee on a creek bank with teal sandals nearby

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 12

Toad! I was so excited to see this Fowlers toad on my path at the #DenverBotanicGardens. So fun! #herps #toad #naturephotography #photography

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 5

Reality fragmented Interdimensional Some things are more While others are less Real Colors dance on a breeze I hear the trees & wind In conversation The sunlight speaks to me Through cloudy relatives A scratching at my ankles Hello winged friend We’ll be a while #poetry #naturephotography #moth

A blinded sphinx moth on a light-skinned wrist, wings slightly blurred as they flap to cool themself.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Jun 3

There is a #magic in stories, songs, and poetry of place and presence. The wonder of remembering and sharing these in the midst of its experience is magical. Possibly the most powerful magic I know. It changes people, inscribes the experience into our selves as individuals and a group. I love it.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 29

Heart aches Bent down to feather Slow steps To gain gander’s good graces That I may gather here Where those who do not know Of geese Let alone muskrat Or crawdad’s clench Have walled off ponds And taken trees Once friend to beaver’s gnaw Loss hangs heavy While still feathers fly #poetry

A light skinned right hand holds a cluster of Canadian goose feathers. The background shows clumps of green grass and a blurred pond with a concrete wall around it, visible on the far side of the pond.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 27

Lotus floats brightly Drops fall soft on dark waters Hearts find hopeful peace #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #photography #flowerphotography #lotus #naturephotography

Pastel pink lotus flower rising from black waters at the Denver Botanic Gardens. There are lily pads behind the flower. The water reflects the lotus, cloudy sky, and trees.

2 pastel pink and white lotus flowers rising from black waters at the Denver Botanic Gardens. There are lily pads behind the flower. The water reflects the lotus, cloudy sky, and trees.

Pink and white lotus flower rising from black waters at the Denver Botanic Gardens. A lily pad is beside the flower.

Pastel pink lotus flowers rising from black waters at the Denver Botanic Gardens. There are lily pads around the flowers. The water reflects the lotus, cloudy sky, and trees.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 27

Open petals sing Ruby cinquefoil welcomes bee Small things save the world #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #photography #flowers #flowerphotography #cinquefoil #rubycinquefoil #naturephotography

Vibrant red flower with a tiny Colorado native bee inside

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 20

The day I sat with earth and water, Sat and formed the muddy clay, I asked How much I needed Mother In myself or from away And when I came into my yard, Where ours had last abandoned home, I found I’d been adopted since By queen and colony my own 🐝🐝🐝 #worldbeeday #bees #beekeeping #poetry

Carnelian bees bearding outside a bellow, blue and black beehive. It sits in a wooden frame stand

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 20

Hiking in the San Luis Valley near Crestone, CO. #photography #naturephotography #waterfalls #water #creek

A small pool beneath a small waterfall and above another small waterfall. The water runs through a pine and aspen forest with currants on the right. Grey boulders and fallen logs make up the waterfalls.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 17

Had great fun singing and drumming at my #Unitarian church’s band concert last night. Here is All You Fascists Bound to Lose, in the style of Resistance Revival Chorus. #protestmusic #protestsongs #protest #uu #music

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 14

Castilleja speaks Sweet whispers through desert hills Grandmother’s lessons #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #photography #naturephotography #wildflowers #flowerphotography #wildflower #indianpaintbrush #castilleja

Bright red-orange flowers with buffalo grass surrounding

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 13

Catamount walks here Following deer tracks and wind I walk with eyes wide #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #photography #wildlifephotography #mountainlion

Mountain lion tracks in red-brown earth, facing the photographer. A light-skinned left hand is visible for scale, wearing a flat silver ring on the thumb and ghost bead bracelet.

Mountain lion tracks in red-brown earth. The phone’s shadow is visible in the lower left corner.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· May 13

I’ve heard coyote They run here sometimes lithely Walking here, like me #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #photography #coyote #wildlifephotography

A coyote walks along a sandstone ridge with budding gambel oak and grasses beneath and lightly clouded skies above

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Feb 11

Boo! Hiss! Down with covid! I hate being sick. But my people take care of me and I have what I need, which is a privilege. My brain isn’t working right because neurological funk. Wish me luck!

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Feb 4

Love this deck. When I got it I pulled Indifference. Ha! Instructions: build a relationship. I carried them into a PTSD flare, medicine journey, healing trip, transformation, love, fear, grief, joy, wonder, hopelessness, rage. I did my first reading tonight, and the first card had me weeping. 🕯️🙏🏼

Five cards with with dark skinned figures and geometric shapes and individual words in cursive such as “lack of conscience” and “spiritual awakening.” The card box and instructions are also shown above the cards, all on a floral silk scarf with deep blue background and flowers of pink and red. The card deck is titled, Elemental Alchemist Oracle by Nyasha Williams and Grace Banda.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Feb 2

I go to the spring Sleeping beneath Ice-flecked oak leaves As the towhees stomp And flickers flirt in the ash Piñon draws attention To the whole land Somehow calling To peaks and valleys Grasses and bird call #poetry

Piñon tree on red earth with mountain peaks behind

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Oct 19

#NoKings Colorado Springs showed up.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Sep 4

Little brown acorn Fallen whole upon my path Pocket full of joy #haiku #poetry #micropoetry I found this today and kept forgetting it was in my pocket, which made for excitedly sharing the acorn multiple times today. Look at the acorn! So cute and perfect!

A dark brown acorn with the cap, sitting on a gray cloth with red Kashubian stitching partially visible at the edge and corner

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Sep 3

Protested on the holiday weekend between hot air balloons and driving kids around. Ran into friends. Contacted an arts group involved with political theater, poetry and music. Good times. Good times. #WorkersOverBillionaires

Three light-skinned friends at a the Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day protest in Colorado. One holds an American flag partially visible at the edges.

An elderly light-skinned man and veteran sits on city hall’s steps. He is wearing a black t-shirt with a three-circle Venn diagram. The three circles say, “1984,” “Brave New World,” and “Fahrenheit 451.” The center says, “you are here.” He is wearing a white pin that reads, “thanking veterans every day.”

Sidewalk chalk art at the steps of City Hall during the Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day protest. It shows the planet earth and words reading, “Workers of the world unite!”

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Sep 2

Summer disorients time Blurs into heat and growth Then in August My walks take me To searching leaves For shades of red and yellow Browning acorns on the branch And so when September comes I know when I am #poetry

A light brown acorn almost ripe on the tree with the oak’s leaves fanning out around it

A single red Englemann ivy leaf that has fallen on the ground, which is covered in wood chips

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Sep 2

Found in spring Elder bushes dancing Between pavement and buildings From flower to fruit How I wonder At how well you feed this world Bursts of berries darken In summer sun and rain Making welcome For birds and weary walkers #WildWalkPrompt cluster #poetry

Rip deep purple elderberries on the bush, about half to a third of which have been taken by birds.

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Aug 25

Vibrant blazing star Within a cut-down prairie A bright spark of hope #wildwalkprompt vibrant #poetry #haiku

Blazing star flower stands alone in a mowed prairie

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Aug 23

Just a couple of druids Hanging out In a creek By a creek With a creek Sank into a sandbar Might as well stay in the water Say hello to crawdads Tell stories of water Of gathering up cattail roots How stories of the land Mean everything #poetry #druidsky

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Aug 20

Bright bee’s buzz pauses Atop the curly gumweed Listens to the wind #dailyhaikuprompt buzz #haiku #poetry

A bee with a red section of abdomen atop a curlycup gumweed flower

Alpenglow Raevyn@landseasky· Aug 20

Fallen from the oak Feeding the prairie acorns A small abundance #wildwalkprompt acorn #poetry #haiku #naturephotography