oh what is that beautiful thing that just happened?
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain I dip my cupped hands. I drink...
Sweetness, Always
Sweetness, Always Why such harsh machinery? Why, to write down the happenings and people of every day, must poems be...
Where We Fail, Catch Hold Again, and Climb
The sky-wheel turns us into dawn and fills creation again with color. Let it be our weakness, this thirst-love for...
Our Courageous Life
My Courageous Life My courageous life has gone ahead and is looking back, calling me on. My courageous life has...
Listen
Listen. In the silence between your heartbeats bides a summons. Do you hear it? Name it if you must, or...
June 2024 Readings
Romanesque Arches – Tomas Tranströmer (Translated by Robin Fulton) https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/03/tomas-transtromer-romanesque-arches.html Father’s Day – Fred LaMotte https://yourradiance.blogspot.com/2024/06/fathers-day.html I Have Learned So...
Blessings
TO COME HOME TO YOURSELF May all that is unforgiven in you Be released. May your fears yield Their deepest...
Here, Always Here
At Fourth and Main in Liberal, Kansas, 1932 (Written August 27, 1993) An instant sprang at me, a winter instant,...
Lakol Wicoun
Lakol Wacoun by Lydia Whirlwind Soldier I retreat to the edge of dreams empty my heart of haunting fears I...
My Secret Heart
My Secret Heart Not just in my heart but in the secret space it holds. In the heart of my...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.