Silence
The reality that is present to us and in us: call it Being...Silence. And the simple fact that by being...
Perspective
Perspective And the mountains rose and eroded completely and the great sea flooded all and the great sea left and...
A Blessing Poem
A Blessing Poem The peace of loneliness be with you The peace of the far-from-home The peace of small things...
Beyond Cartography
Boulder Mountain We ask How did I end up here? or wonder why we don’t fit in our family. Later...
Sabbaths – VII
Sabbaths - VII Again I resume the long lesson: how small a thing can be pleasing, how little in this...
It’s the Words That Sing, They Soar and Descend
THE WORDS THEY SING It's the words that sing, they soar and descend. . . . I bow to them...
The Ordinary Miracles Begin
Today The ordinary miracles begin. Somewhere a signal arrives: “Now,” and the rays come down. A tomorrow has come. Open your...
I Said to My Soul, Be Still
Four Quartets, East Coker (excerpt) I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be...
Each Word Says It Is Love
All the Words All the words have leaped into air like the cards in Alice, like birds flying, forming, re-...
In Otter Words – Circle the Holy Parts
One day I am sitting in my old body at my old desk reading young essays — essays sent to...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.