Proof of the Miraculous:

Campfire Poetry from the Rainbow Gatherings

by Stephen Wing

in memory of my cousin Ladd, whom no miracle could save

Contents

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Introduction:  The Rainbow Family Gatherings

Washington, 1981:  Peace Prayer

Idaho, 1982: Gathering (Somewhere Under a Raincloud)

Michigan, 1983:  Watersmeet

California, 1984:  Rainbow Mantras

                              Two Moons

                              After the Gathering

Missouri, 1985:  The Rainbow Warriors at Dawn

                             Independence Day, 1985

Pennsylvania, 1986:  The Gathering of Lights and Waters

North Carolina, 1987:  Under Mercury Retrograde

                                      Drums at the Confluence of Visions

                                      Ring All the Bells of Silence!

Texas, 1988:  In the Summer of the Dragon

Nevada, 1989:  Children of the Canyon

Minnesota, 1990:  The Drums of Katuah Kitchen

                               Council Fire

Vermont, 1991:  The Circus of Visionaries

Colorado, 1992:  Lost at the Gathering

                             Unified Field

Alabama, 1993:  Sunwise

Missouri, 1996:  Kudzu Curtains

Arizona, 1998:  Reunion of the Elements

Pennsylvania, 1999:  Rattlesnake Tribe / Lightning Nation

Montana, 2000:  The Miracle of the Silence

Idaho, 2001:  Evergreen Lotus Mandala

Michigan, 2002:  Babylon Come Home

California, 2004:  Spirit Hunt

West Virginia, 2005:  Children Come in All Sizes

Pennsylvania, 2010: Along the Trail from Heart to Heart

Regional Gathering Poems from Katuah
(the Southern Appalachian tribe of the Rainbow)

                                 Dancing the Solstice

                                 In My Mother's Mansion

                                 Stones for a Stairway

                                 Twig

                                 Summer, Waking

                                 Gathering the Gathering

                                 Silence Is Relative

                                 New Moon Gathering

                                 Wildlife Opening