Fingerprints of God
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Like Rumi, Fran’s poetry is beyond religion, culture, and time. It speaks to all who have the ears to hear and the vision to see the uncommon beauty and insight that manifests in her words. A poem like Celebrating Your Divinity takes an ordinary observation and gently points out the spiritual wisdom. It also bespeaks a spiritual intimacy with her Maker.
Canadian geese majestic riding wind currents,
flap their wings and soar,
Yet I beheld a moment when they decided
to walk across a busy roadway,
to the ire of drivers in a hurry to go
no place, someplace...so the ears could
only hear car horns honking,
and impatience won out, and feathers flew,
how sad it was, and left me to wonder why.
Why were they walking across the busy roadway,
When they have the gift of flight?
The answer came from within. Why do
you O Soul, walk, crawl, when you to can soar?
Why do you choose to turn from your radiance,
when you carry the light of sixteen suns?
The poet, Archibald MacLeish said “A poem should be palpable and mute/As a globed fruit. “ (Ars Poetica). Fran Blackwell’s poetry is that strange paradox. It is at once easily accessible and yet mystically and silently profound. The joy in reading is surpassed by the joy of discovery when you recognize a gem that is especially appealing to you.
Love, Surrender and Service to all Life are the central themes in her poetry. These themes manifest stylistically from humor to ecstasy. A whimsical poem such as The Mind is Going Down says:
The defeat of the mind,
The moment of mental waterloo
When it occurs with meltdown splendor,
Is an epic moment in the unfolding of Soul.
This moves Soul up on the survival scale....
Why is this?
Because,
A surrendered mind is a true servant…
She turns a mystery into an insight with one carefully produced phrase.
The subject of her poetry is Life and each poem is like a song from the experiences of Soul. With infinite patience and acceptance, she examines the experiences of her own life and delivers the inner wisdom she gains from this examination into common language. She shares her spiritual inheritance unselfishly, honestly, joyously.
Fran Blackwell’s poems will delight, surprise and give you many jewels to contemplate as they move you to a sacred space. If the sheer enormity of her poetry overwhelms, pick a line, a word, or a phrase, and focus on that. Most of all, her poetry lives up to MacLeish’s famous dictum:
“For love/The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea—
A poem should not mean/But be.”
The Golden Cup
Each morning I drink from the Golden Cup,
filled with the sweet nectar of consciousness,
distilled from the crucible of the Heart.
There is no longer a thirst,
for it has been quenched,
and will be quenched daily.
Beloved, I ask,
Why do you bring me this cup
each morning and let me drink my fill?
"This cup is yours, made by you,
to hold the Golden Nectar."
How did I make it I wonder...
The Beloved hears my wondering and answers:
"You forged this cup from your sweat and tears,
your truth telling,
your Divine Blessing to behold
not the things of God,
But God of ITSELF.
“But what gives this cup that you drink from
great strength and endurance,
is your capacity to love, unconditionally,
All of Life,
Just for Love,
Just because you can,
Just BE cause you know God Loves you.
Behold the Golden Cup you hold,
See the fingerprints of God.
What is a Mystic?
Is everyone born with this God-given ability?
Well lets see:
A mystic
is One
who never loses his childlike wonder,
One who
Is a far-seeing one,
One who can look at a flower
and see far-flung galaxies,
One who knows
he knows nothing
for he has an intimate relationship
with the knower,
One who has
the practical wisdom of an uncluttered mind,
for of a truth, the heart holds on to nothing.
Perhaps the Mystic is one with an unwavering
trust in Spirit,
One who has gained true simplicity.
Perhaps the Mystic is you and me,
as we are called to remember,
to BE the Rememberer, and know
I Am That!
And with the mystical experiences
revealed within the Heart of a Mystic,
It knows it must now go beyond the mystic
into the Heart of God,
to know the unknown as it is revealed through
Divine Love and God's Grace,
to know Truth,
the whole Truth, so help me,
God.
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Love, surrender, and service to all life are the central themes in Fran Blackwell’s poetry. These themes manifest stylistically from humor to ecstasy. She turns mystery into insight with one carefully produced phrase.
The subject of her poetry is Life, and each poem is like a song from the experiences of Soul. With infinite patience and acceptance, she examines the experiences of her own life and delivers the inner wisdom she gains from this examination into common language. She shares her spiritual inheritance unselfishly, honestly, and joyously.
Like the works of Rumi, Fran’s poetry reaches beyond religion, culture, and time. It speaks to all who have the ears to hear and the vision to see the uncommon beauty and insight that manifests in her words.
A dream poetry class with Rumi was the inspiration for these poems, which were written over a period of three years. The author’s lifelong quest to know truth and God, no matter the cost, has been a road filled with experiences of love, pain, joy and profound opportunities to know the ways of Divine Spirit through the Beloved Master. It has been an exhilarating journey that continues to lead her to higher truths as she explores the inner worlds of the Divine.
The relentless inspiration of Spirit has resulted in these poems, in which she tries to express in words the truth of the eternal nature of Soul. It is her passion to share this with all who walk the path of their spiritual journey.
About the Author
Fran Blackwell leads a colorful and creative life that has included jazz singing, dancing with snakes, and traveling the world as a free-spirited artist and speaker. She was married to Ed Blackwell, renowned jazz drummer and has three children, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She lives in Florida.