{"id":390,"date":"2013-10-05T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:00:35","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Poems inspired by Katrina, Social Justice Advocates, and Dreamers<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/?p=1045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miracles Happen After Hard Work<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alla-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-1046 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alla--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alla\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Alla&#8217;s one words, I&#8217;m one of the Philadelphia Eleven who became the first women priests in the Episcopal Church in 1974. In 1975 I founded Wisdom House, an interfaith spirituality and healing center with inclusive language liturgies, soul mending and soul tending, and mentoring for art or ministry. I&#8217;m a feminist theologian, certified Gestalt therapist and a poet who enjoys collaborations with other artists. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/?p=1045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/mothers-day-poem\/\">Mother&#8217;s Day Poem<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/mothers-day-poem\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Temp1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Temp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Gaines Swanson was Katrina&#8217;s youngest son. He followed in the footsteps of both of his parents who were priests in the Episcopal Church. He travelled the world as part of the Olympic Family.\u00a0 He worked diligently in the founding of Katrina&#8217;s Dream.\u00a0 His philosophy is the cornerstone foundation of the organization&#8217;s structure and ministry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/katrinas-story-2\/lets-pass-the-era-3\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/1st-21st-century-church\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/mothers-day-poem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/katrinas-story-2\/lets-pass-the-era-3\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/1st-21st-century-church\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/ode-to-a-force-of-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ode to a Force of Nature<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1691 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG-2378-620x340.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Helene de Boissiere- Swanson was most fortunate to have met Lan Zhang when she put together a showing of the brilliant work of many Asian artists including our IT Tech and Social Media Consultant Longfei Zhang.\u00a0 She was an amazing woman whose love for her homeland China never diminished as she worked diligently towards bring the best of China to her new home with her beloved husband Michael J. Daly.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/katrinas-story-2\/lets-pass-the-era-3\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/2017-womens-equality-day-celebration-washington-d-c\/1st-21st-century-church\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/ode-to-a-force-of-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reflections<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-654 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/FullSizeRender1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Senior A Muse art work created by Gerrie Kunin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/gerrie-kunin\/41\/a65\/b46\">Gerrie Kunin<\/a> is a well known Marin County <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinij.com\/general-news\/20100811\/woolsey-elderly-will-benefit-from-health-care-reform\">social justice activist<\/a> who combines her activism with her art. She currently is focusing her passion on creating a space for artists, writers and social justice activists in Costa Rica.\u00a0 This piece is called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Senior A Muse<\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/poems\/malcolm-boyds-poem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We&#8217;ve mainstreamed torture, haven&#8217;t we Jesus?<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/poems\/malcolm-boyds-poem\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/76-General-Convention-Boyd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"76 General Convention - Boyd\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Malcolm Boyd is the bestseller author of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Are You Running with Me, Jesus?<\/span> a Gay Elder, a Civil Rights and Antiwar Activist; a Freedom Rider in 196l, a 3-Term President of PEN Center USA West, a Production Partner of Mary Pickford in PRB, Inc., a President of the Television Producers Association of Hollywood, and has been an Episcopal Priest for over 50 years.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/malcolm-boyds-poem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poems inspired by Katrina, Social Justice Advocates, and Dreamers Miracles Happen After Hard Work In Alla&#8217;s one words, I&#8217;m one of the Philadelphia Eleven who became the first women priests in the Episcopal Church in 1974. In 1975 I founded Wisdom House, an interfaith spirituality and healing center with inclusive language liturgies, soul mending and&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/1st-21st-century-church\/god-creation-and-restoring-the-balance\/poetry\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":654,"parent":181,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-390","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2345,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions\/2345"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}