GREETINGS

Sing out a greeting ~

Say G’day, hi, hello, how are you ~

Good wishes for all seasons

To you from all the powers of goodwill

And wishes and hopes.

May all good things come to you

Rain, shine, come what each day,

Each season.

May each breeze bring to you and all your folks

Joy and peace.

May harmony play your airways and the pure waters flow.

The earth beneath and the heavens above

Bless you kindly.

May you bask on sunlit strands

And sleep with happy dreams on beds of comfort.

May you be safe and well and beloved.

Fill your pockets with the currency of abundance

And your heart with hope.

Original painting on silk by Annie Hill Otness

THE BOOK OF LOVE

Look in the book of love

And you will find

Your name.

Not one being is free from love

That passion is for all that breathe

Walk crawl slide creep or fly

So love like air and water inhabits all

The space of heart and mind.

CUNNING SPIDER

Cunning cob-kar webs and the clever spinner

Weaves a net of illusion ~

Strong and fine the web encloses the air

And traps the morning light.

Redback waits in the manjat tree for

Pinti-pinti the moth.

Words & original silk painting by Annie Hill Otness

BALANCE

The sacred balance of Earth

Wind, water, and fire

Is that harmonious rhythm

Of the universe

And listen to the fish song of fire and air

And the birds afloat

On the water crystals of the earth.

... original words and painting on silk. Annie Hill Otness

In the shade of life

ONENESS

Find in each drop

The ocean of oneness

Each is a particle of all

And every leaf a fragment

Of the universal tree

In every atom is a constellation

There is no all

Only one.

Original painting on silk and words by Annie Hill Otness

EQUILIBRIUM

The equilibrium of sun and moon at opposites of the sky

Moonrise  ~ sunset

Sunrise ~ moonset

Half of the heavens a starry night

Half of the celestial sphere

A cloudless vista of the sun.

A place for libra equa-librium.

Original painting on silk and verse

Annie Hill Otness

EARTHWORKS ~ FOREST

A forest is more than one tree ~

A life is more than one day.

What grows slowly and in secret shadows is precious.

Tread gently on Earth

For she is life and love always.

In the still forest birds are calling out their names;

Remember me – I am Wardung.  I am Djiti-dtjiti

And Marri and Jarrah whisper yes in the stillness. 

Annie Hill Otness:

‘The Songs of silk,’ ori

ginal silk painting and verse.

ELEMENTS

Skyworks light the sky with joy ~

Waterworks wet the world with hope ~

Earthworks centre the world with strength ~

Fireworks drive the world with power.

One precious universe.

One only Earth beneath your feet is in your hands.

Quilt from 'Songs of Silk,' original painting on silk by AHOz

ALL THAT YOU ARE (EARTH)

All that you are comes from the Earth

In life I sustain

So in death she takes back.

All that you have, the mother gives to you,

All that she needs her creatures make.

Tread softly, for everything in the world is sacred.

Enjoy with love and care for all gifts

ENTER THE LABYRINTH IN PEACE

Enter the labyrinth in peace

and mindfulness

To seek and find the centre.

Depart the labyrinth in mindfulness

and peace

Returning and going on the path

Tread gently for all paths are sacred

To the wayfarer.

ROSE

I dreamt I heard a rose sing

Its voice was perfume

And its counterpoint was petals.

Its melody was blush of pink

And its rhythm was sharp thorns.

The song was leafy green

And it blew upon the summer wind

And the sky and the sun and moon listened.

RADIANCE

How radiant is the moon

We need the cool near glow to ease the darkness.

The ebb and flow of lunar glow

Restoring faith that light in darkness will return.

The distant stars are brother suns adorn her gown.

Waxing, waning ever changing

Moon reflects the constant light

And by lunar radiance

Makes magic of the night sky.

Bless the moon.

SAVE NINGALOO

In Ningaloo there sleeps

The Angel watching the deeps

Above the waterworld in thin air

Lonely clouds watch the bare earth and pray

For all the fishes

Who have no voice for wishes.

SAVE NINGALOO

Now we see beneath the sea

Where life and death proceed finnily

And flowing along

We need wild places for the beauty

of our hearts and minds and souls.

CREATIVITY

The spark of the divine in all of us ~

The child who knows the world needs beauty

That we all need joy and hope.

The creation of a new day

And forming good things

From good thoughts.

Be open to the creator within.

Annie Hill Otness

5. Illumination H

The heart of a woman

Is the beat of the drum of life.

A woman’s heart is the wisdom of the world

Remembering the sound of heartbeats ¬

Knowing forever that the mothers’

Heart is shelter

Her arm is safety

Her breast is love

And the woman’s heartstrings

Resonate to the melody of love.

VITALITY

That spark gives force to power the life ~

The light that flashes when the path

May enter shadowed ways

And makes the day smile and shine.

Step out with a skip and dance

And when the blood stirs and the sap rises

And all the Earth’s creatures

Launch themselves

In hope and joy upon wings of song,

And hear the vital drumbeat

In the hearts of wayfarers.

The air, the sun, the water’s flow

And the Earth’s own fire

Will make that vital glow abound

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TRUTH

Truth is always there ~

The light and flame that dispels the dark

Illuminates the path.

Every step leads to our special truth.

Eternal truth is at the heart of all things

And waits only to be seen.

Truth is not hiding but before us everywhere.

Annie Hill Otness

RESONANCE

Resonance ~ the unheard becoming audible ~

The power of silence to be manifest

When the true note sounds.

I resonate to you and lo!

We become together in harmony

With the song of joy.

Our song may be heard only to us alone.

We dance invisible to the world

And unseen spirits sing the tone

That resonates throughout the universe.

What resonates may empower or destroy ~

No wall can withstand

The song of a loving heart.

PRAY FOR THE FISHES 6

In the centre of the spiral

We swim towards and search for our other selves.

Of many moving fragments we fin together ~

Alike but not the same.

A seemingly endless swim

Of fish in the open sea

At the edge of the abyss.

  

LIFE FORCE

Who but the father sun enlightens

All and with his heavenly power

Is the force that brings life

to all the world?

Thanks to each and every dawn, wayfarer.

Or is it the mother’s dark vacuum

That must fulfil the force of life,

That light must answer?

Can the life force endure Shadow?

And must music create the silence?

Hail birth

FIREWORKS

Dream upon the colours of fire.

The element of immolation

And consummation.

The distant element of sun that greets

Earth as she turns in time.

Bless fire for light and flame of joy.

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