Poet in Residence: Kit Kennedy

Kit Kennedy is the Poet-in-Residence of the San Francisco Bay Times and at her church Ebenezer Lutheran. She has published 5 poetry collections, and for the past several years she has hosted the poetry series at Gallery Café. For more information, please visit her blog: http://poetrybites.blogspot.com

Stir, Rise Up, Move Forward

The kitchen is the heart
of intention. Stir the root
soup, the senses rise up
the tongue moves forward
away from hunger.

Like wildflowers, soup is never
singular. Full of this-and-that
coming together to feed mouth
to fuel memory.

Who doubts the sea is a place
of raw hunger and beauty?
Waves push pebbles into luster,
that treasured sea glass
your lover gave you.

Ah, yes, the moon. She rises.
She changes. Sliver-slim into
the fullness of promise. A kiss,
savored. You swear on her light
there will be another harvest.

Sometimes soil is barren & fields
fallow. But life is stirring with
many eyes, many hands, many
voices ready to protect & celebrate.
Rise up. Move forward. Harvest.

 – Kit Kennedy