The Power Of Poetry

To celebrate World Poetry Day today, 21 March 2025,  we’ve gathered a selection of poems from our community history archive, written by people who live or have visited us here at Ecovillage Findhorn. You’ll find more inspiration in the archive, at Celebrating One Incredible Family.

Deeper Mystery, by Mary Inglis

Drop away
Let go
Let the fingers of your mind and expectations
relax
and release their hold.
Just turn away.
There is a deeper mystery at the heart of things that is calling you,
Calling you by the name you’ve had since the beginning of time.
A mystery that is nameless as yet,
Wordless.
But tangible and tender
Steady and sure.
Its presence will light your way.
Trust it.

Findhorn Bay, Scotland, by Geoffrey Oelsner

Deer flow ghostly 

over silent 

dunes

Owls announce positions

from dark perches 

in the pines

Fluent clouds surge 

over morning 

surf

Two rainbows 

in the photo

weren’t there when she took it

Exultant V’s of geese

Loft over us then 

gone

Last purple heather

lanterns light 

the land

Everything presents itself 

in one white edgeless 

pebble

When God and I Speak, by Dave Till

When God and I speak we don't always see eye to eye 

He or she has plans for world peace 

I have a plan for a second cup of coffee 

He or she is a being of pure light 

I am a being with peanut butter stuck in his teeth 

He or she is tireless 

Me, I'm sometimes tired before I get up 

He or she is in everything 

Me, I'm in a room 12 by 10 

He or she stops at nothing 

I stop for tea breaks 

Timidly I ask God what his or her plan is for me 

The answer comes that I am to find perfection within 

To live in harmony with my fellow human beings 

and with nature 

And to take part in a New Golden Age 

It's at that point I look round to see 

If God is really talking to someone else. 

Poem extracted from Network News, Issue 1, Autumn 1994

I am a Peace of Nature
and I am Beautiful, by Richard Brockbank

He comes from the forest
drawn by the crystal light
out of the magic circle,
to a tender partner –
to a dance of Man and Nature.

But who is He that comes?
Each has his own connection
and understanding of what He brings.
Man, Animal, Bird, Nature Spirit –
He holds them all, and more.

Come – Come dance with me.

Many more ‘Findhorn’ poems can be found at: https://celebratingoneincrediblefamily.org/search-results?searchwp=poetry

Now, over to you…

Grab a notebook and pen, find a quiet spot where you won’t be interrupted for ten minutes, and dive into writing a spot of poetry yourself. The theme is ‘Community’ and we invite you to create a haiku – 3 lines, with 5 syllables on the first and last lines and 7 syllables on the middle one. Whether you have visited us yet, or not, there’s lots of information and photos here on the Visit Ecovillage Findhorn website to provide inspiration. Enjoy!

Please share them with us at hello@visitecovillagefindhorn.uk.