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Tag Archives: poetry
Mystery
“This feast of beauty can intoxicate, just like the finest wine.” Continue reading
Bewilderment That Invites the Possible
Every Wednesday, the middle of the week, “Hump Day,” the one which must be gotten over, Parker Palmer shares his wisdom over at On Being. The poem he selected, and this sentence in particular, caught my eye. Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged Bewilderment, On Being, Parker Palmer, poetry, Possibility, Rilke
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Midsummer Blessings
Today is the Summer Solstice, the stillpoint of summer, the longest day in the Wheel of the Year. A few years ago I wrote a stanza of this poem, and I have since “finished” it, by adding a stanza that was missing. Please enjoy this time to pause, but also celebrate abundance with abandon. Continue reading
Inner Wisdom
Still the inner knowledge is always there: how good the grass is and how soft. Continue reading
Beannacht a Samhain!
On this Halloween, when the veil between the worlds is thin, and we reap the rich harvest of memory, I wish you blessings in the form of a poem I had written for a frie Continue reading
Posted in Experiences
Tagged autumn, Celtic, Celtic soul, change, cleanse, Halloween, Happy Halloween, inspiration, John O'Donohue, poetry, Samhain, seasons
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Midsummer Haiku
It’s been a while since I’ve written or posted any poetry, much less the rigid form of haiku. But this one came to me in a satori flash, nearly fully written. Cherry stains the fingers Looks like I voted somewhere … Continue reading
Honda Pavarotti
Honda Pavarotti by Tony Hoagland Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Quotations
Tagged Garrison Keillor, inspiration, Luciano Pavarotti, poetry, Tony Hoagland, Writer's Almanac
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Common as Mud
When I think of work, I always think of this poem by Marge Piercy, and its intimations of submerging ourselves in the tasks, of getting down in the mud, of grounding. This is not typically the vision we are given of a spiritual path, all sweetness and light. However, it is consistent with the Eastern view of the lotus flower, grounded in the muck, but emerging sweetly and purely above the surface of the water. Continue reading
The Growing Dark
The moon was new at 3:42 am here, adding to the darkness of these days that shorten with the approach to the Solstice, just over a week away. A yoga friend posts bravely to Facebook, imagining the possibility of her … Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Quotations
Tagged autumn, change, Garrison Keillor, Mary Oliver, poetry, seasons, winter, Writer's Almanac
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