Category: Poetry

• There is No Dark Future! Part 2: A poem & photo series.

  A poem continued. An offering of hope. Like so many of you I have been on a spiritual journey the past year and a half. New Wisdom has been given to me. Words of truth our souls are aching to know. Thank you so much for reading these frail words which are spoken through me.…

  Joshua Khatena

  September 12, 2021

  Adventure, Backpacking, beginning, Blog, Canon Photography, Change, Colorado, Consciousness, Empowerment, Forest, Freedom, friends, growth, Healing, hiking, hope, journey, Liberation, Mountain, Murals, National Park, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Questioning, Road trip, rocky mountain, self-care, thankfulness, the Universe, transformation, Travel, trust, wanderlust, Washington, writer

  black lives matter, Blog, Change, clarity, Consciousness, empowered, explorer, friends, graffiti, growth, Human rights, love, mountains, Nature, Oneness, Photography, Poem, poet, Poetry, purpose, searching, seeker, Social Justice, thankful, transformation, Travel, wanderlust

• There is No Dark Future! 1

  

  3 year bloggerversary! “There is No Dark Future!” We are brighter than ever! It’s kismet to be back in Colorado as several writing projects are rapidly spinning into fruition. Here again the journey wraps itself into ever-expanding circles of eccentric concentricity. You see 4 years ago I heard a calling from my Higher self. Spirit…

  Joshua Khatena

  September 2, 2021

  Adventurer, America, Change, Colorado, Consciousness, Discover, earth, Empowerment, Existentialism, Forest, Freedom, friends, growth, Healing, hiking, hope, journey, life, Live, Mountain, National Park, past lives, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Questioning, rocky mountain, self-care, shaman, soul, thankfulness, the Universe, transformation, traveler, trust, ufos, Unconditional, wanderlust, wisdom, writer

  Blog, blogger, Colorado, Consciousness, divine, fifthdimension, good, growth, Healing, journey, knowledge, law of attraction, love, Poem, Poetry, Radicallove, signs, Travel, Truth, UFO, Universe, wanderlust

• Let Freedom Ring!

  Some men are of the opinion that God gave them Earth to rule as their dominion. Beasts to subdue Manifest lands to ravage Peace was slaughtered Its Peoples were called Savage. Modern generations birthed beneath fluorescent glows God became irrelevant when man learned fire all his own. But I’ve always felt more akin to Icarus…

  Joshua Khatena

  July 4, 2020

  America, black lives matter, Empowerment, july 4th, justice, Poetry, revolution, Social Justice, writer

• Let Freedom Ring 07/04/20

  

  Some men are of the opinion that God gave them Earth to rule as their dominion. Beasts to subdue Manifest lands to ravage Peace was slaughtered Its Peoples were called Savage. Modern generations birthed beneath fluorescent glows God became irrelevant when man learned fire all his own. But I’ve always felt more akin to Icarus…

  Joshua Khatena

  July 4, 2020

  America, black lives matter, Consciousness, forgiveness, Freedom, july 4th, justice, Live, oppression, Poem, Poetry, Social Justice, soul, writer

  America, black lives matter, Blm, Blog, empower, forgiveness, Freedom, hope, Human rights, independence, justice, Oneness, Poem, poet, Poetry, Social change, Social Justice

• Behind the Sun

  

  Behind the Sun- I wasn’t ready for things I once wanted. It’s a weird sigh of freedom An aloof relief comes after losing. Drink alone from your inner gourd. Reach out; Stretch past the belly of your breaking. Shove your nude emperors out into the forests Out of your front doors. Holographic victories Fall hollow…

  Joshua Khatena

  April 18, 2019

  Author, Blog, Forest, Gay, hope, journey, Mountain, Nature, Nature Photography, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Sea, soul, Travel, wanderlust, Washington, writer

  Author, Blog, blogger, Consciousness, empowered, Freedom, hope, life, love, Nature, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poetry, seeker, Travel, wanderer, Washington

• Bridal Veil Falls- Revisited

  Orbits swirl through swans’ long nests
their ivory planets clothed in down.
Tens of talents left ungathered
pearl yolks- the taste of gold.
Revelations ripe abandoned
Miracles unhatched,
and fucking undersold.

  Joshua Khatena

  January 17, 2019

  Adventurer, Author, Colorado, Colorado, Consciousness, doubt, Existentialism, Forest, Gay, hope, Lost, Mountain, National Park, Nature, Nature Photography, Path, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Questioning, soul, the Universe, Travel, wanderlust, writer

  Author, backpacker, Blog, Canada, Consciousness, crossroads, doubt, explorer, faith, fate, fear, Gay, hope, life, Lost, Nature, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, poet, Poetry, Roadtrip, searching, seeker, Travel, Universe, unsure, wanderer, wanderlust, waterfall, writer

• Gimme Shelter/Walking on Broken Glass

  

  While here at this beautiful sea, during this time of ‘wait and see’, I published my first book- my life blood- 6 days ago. My wallet was stolen 2 weeks before, and while waiting for my 401 check to clear my physical possessions were sold off to strangers, 4 days ago. I should’ve budgeted better…

  Joshua Khatena

  December 21, 2018

  Adventurer, Author, Book, Consciousness, death, doubt, Empowerment, Gay, hope, hostel, journey, life, Lost, mexico, Nature Photography, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Queer, self-care, soul, Travel, Uncategorized, wanderlust, World Travel, writer

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• First Book (about Coming Out in the South) gets published on Tuesday! 😍🙌

  Surf’s up, shirt’s off! I submitted my first book to Amazon, last night, and it will be published on Tuesday 😀🙃. It took a tumultuous, exhilarating, soul-defining  year-and-a-half to write, “Break the Violent Fetters: Life Beyond the Closet and the Pulpit.” But it has taken a lifetime of experiences,  of identities, ideas, self-doubt, coming out,…

  Joshua Khatena

  December 15, 2018

  Adventurer, Book, Coming Out, Empowerment, Gay, Gay Rights, journey, life, mexico, Poetry, Queer, self-care, thankfulness, Travel, wanderlust

  Author, Book, Coming Out, Consciousness, empower, published, strength

• I Left my Heart in Mexico City

  My last day in Mexico City, and the fountain at Plaza Luis Cabrera, the place where Jack Kerouac and the Beat writers found their inspiration- has been drained. Tonight the celebration de Virgin of Guadalupe continues while the wellspring of intellectual perspiration has run dry. It seems symbolic. A secret bidding to leave- hidden in…

  Joshua Khatena

  December 12, 2018

  Adventurer, Gay, hostel, life, mexico, Nature Photography, Photography, Poetry, soul, Travel, wanderlust, World Travel