Poetry & More

Lunar New Year is coming up on January 22nd, and thus a couple of poems on the topic of starting...

You will have to decide if you want this— want the blessing that comes to you on an ordinary day...

A clear drink of water.  A cloudless sky.  A moment’s silence.  An unexpected breeze. Waking up in a small motel...

Live in the Uncertainty Live in the uncertainty Live in the Unknown How does the rose know itself until it...

Blessing the Marriage (Ghazal 2667)– Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks http://sunlightgroup.blogspot.com/2007/11/sunlight-this-marriage-ghazal-2667.html Marriage/We Open a Door - Philomene Long (former...

When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the...

Love has taken away my practices and filled me with poetry. I tried to keep quietly repeating No strength but...

When you think about the teachers who gave you something valuable, some were kind and some were fierce.  There were...

The Opening of Eyes  That day I saw beneath dark clouds, the passing light over the water and I heard...

Matthew 25:31-46 – Malcolm Guite https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/19-november/comment/columnists/malcolm-guite-poet-s-corner What Katy Did (Excerpt – Stanzas 3 & 4) – Susan Coolidge (pen name...