Elizabeth C. Herron

Except By Light (excerpt)

"The longings we feel are the heart's hunger, nourished by the heart's fire, kindled and fed by beauty, defeated by suffering, sustained by faith and renewed by hope -- the soul's evolution toward its source."

Samples of My Work

Two poems from Reflections. . .

Dark Season

A chapbook of poems in response to war, prepared as part of a collaborative performance (with movement artist, Corlene Van Sluizer) for Quicksilver Mine Company Gallery.

The Poet's House

A book-length poem in four sections that refused to be turned to type and is thus handwritten in its final form.

Ordinary Mysticsm

Written for Orion Magazine, this article recounts the author's experience of a continually evolving earth, shared by species whose ancestry predates our own. The reader is encouraged to see her/himself within the context of a planet humming with life, and to see life as a gift in which each moment presents the opportunity for reverence.

Aesthetica Arts & Culture

2013 Creative Writing Award winner
A British magazine exploring contemporary art & design, film, music & performance with a special annual issue of poetry & fiction.

Feeling, Art and Sustainable Civil Society

Parabola Magazine, Fall 2005

An article on the enduring affection among all things.
Published in Parabola Magazine, Fall 2005, Issue 30:3

"Except By Light"

In this article, published in Parabola magazine's issue on "Body and Soul" (Volume 30, Number 3), I ask what we mean by the words spirit and soul? How do we acknowledge and honor the soul and spirit of another being? Where do we find it? What does it take to cultivate our capacity to perceive the soul of the world?