HP Rivers

UU Pagan Writer & Religious Educator

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  • Onset

    Knowing the storm is coming Might be the worst part. It’s like going away to war – Again, Like saying your goodbyes Just in case, Like wondering If you’ll ever come home again. She kicks in the door Like an old nemesis And smiles, Sweet as tea, As she licks her teeth. Depression Doesn’t care […]

    HP Rivers

    April 6, 2021
    Poetry
    Depression, Healing, HP Rivers, Mental Health, Poem, Poetry, Queer Poets
  • Instructions

    Sitting on our dining room floor Assembling a cheap dresser With inadequate instructions You laugh and say, “Babe, I’m not doing feelings right now – I’m doing power tools.” I think, “I want to remember this moment When I am dying.” Because I have never been more in love Than I am here, in this […]

    HP Rivers

    March 17, 2021
    Poetry
    HP Rivers, Love, Poem, Poetry, Queer, Queer Poets
  • Body

    The priest says,“This is the body of Christ”And I watch, wide eyed,As my grandfatherHumbly accepts the offeringOn his tongue. I wonder what Jesus tastes like. The priestess says,“May you never thirst”And I humbly accept the wine,Transmuted intoThe water of the wombThat held Jesus ChristAnd I wonderAbout Christ’s body. I wonder about his sweat,The itching of […]

    HP Rivers

    March 12, 2021
    Poetry, The Journey
    Body, Embodied, HP Rivers, Jesus, Poem, Poetry, Religion, Spirituality
  • Things I’ve Learned During the Pandemic

    Things I’ve Learned During the Pandemic I can do hard things. This message is not finding anyone well,We all just show that differently. Always take a phone chargerWith you to the hospital. Children are not meantTo be raisedWithout the village. When everything elseIs stripped away,Love will remain. I can do hard things. And to wear […]

    HP Rivers

    March 8, 2021
    Poetry
    Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, HP Rivers, Pandemic, Poem, Poetry, Social Distancing
  • Anxious Love

    We decide to write each other letters To open on our wedding day, The things too vulnerable to speak In front of Godde and everybody, I wonder, “What will happen to the letters?” We say, “til death do us part is for quitters,” but we will die one day, And I imagine your body in […]

    HP Rivers

    February 15, 2021
    Poetry
    Anxiety, Anxious, Healing, HP Rivers, Love, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Queer Poets
  • Resolution

    After months of delightingEvery time I caught a glimpse ofThe family of cardinalsThat lives in my back yard,Blessing the branchesThat kiss my bedroom windowWith their songs,Dancing with the moonIn their flight,I put up a feederChosen and filledEspecially for them. I figuredI can spend my entire life waitingFor that which delights meOr I can call it […]

    HP Rivers

    January 3, 2021
    Poetry
    2021, Healing, Law of Attraction, Love, New Year, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Queer Poets, Resolution, Spirituality
  • On Grief – New Year’s Eve 2020

    Written for Westside UU and Tennessee Valley UU’s joint New Year’s Eve vespers service, December 31, 2020. “GriefIs not an energyThat can be clearedWith sageOr good intentions. It demandsTo be felt fully,Because after all –It only growsIn the voidWhere loveOnce flourished,And love’s woundsRun soul-deep.” Love’s wounds run soul-deep. I wrote this a few weeks ago […]

    HP Rivers

    December 31, 2020
    Worship
    2020, COVID-19, Grief, New Year's Eve, NYE, Pandemic, Worship
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