We Grow Accustomed to the Dark
We Grow Accustomed to the Dark We grow accustomed to the Dark — When light is put away — As...
The Unbroken
The Unbroken There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the...
Kindness
KINDNESS by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve...
Quite Beautiful Myself
Poem of the One World This morning the beautiful white heron was floating along above the water and then into...
January 2024 Readings
The Second Music – Annie Lighthart https://www.writersalmanac.org/index.html%3Fp=6173.html Prayer – Galway Kinnell https://poets.org/poem/prayer-9 Quote from “Are You Mr. William Stafford?”...
The Second Music
The Second Music Now I understand that there are two melodies playing, one below the other, one easier to hear,...
In the Point of Rest
In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at...
It Makes Sense to Me Now
IT MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW by Jimmy Santiago Baca That evening I drove down from San Francisco to Los...
Diamonds Are Borne
DIAMONDS ARE BORNE A diamond is borne up to the surface of Earth from unimaginable depths, bearing with it...
Water’s Prayer – A little rain, a little snow, love, trust, and beauty
Water's Prayer Leafless aspens groom the iced breeze, while below a brook descends the mountain with its musical story, remembering...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.