Spiritual Poetry Meetup Readings

Beloved Is Where We Begin – Jan Richardson https://www.afirstsip.com/2021/02/beloved-is-where-we-begin.html Immersion – Denise Levertov https://www.jonathanbyram.com/Immersion Quote from Ram Dass:  “See everything...

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” – African Proverb...

Packing Up for Paradise – James Broughton https://intrinsicheart.com/packing-up-for-paradise/ “A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home”...

The beginning of the universe is the mother of all things – Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching, Verse 52...

There Is No Word for Goodbye – Mary TallMountain https://blog.stabenow.com/2015/11/27/poem-for-the-month/ Quote from Lahiri Mahasaya:  “Always remember that you belong to...

Broken Dreams – William Butler Yeats https://pickmeuppoetry.org/broken-dreams-by-william-butler-yeats/ Buoyancy – Jalaluddin Rumi https://rumidays.blogspot.com/2011/03/buoyancy.html Silent Friend of Many Distances – Rainer Maria...

Offering: First Rice – Heid Erdrich From When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through (ed....

Here are some links and readings from our gathering in honor of Thich Nhat Hanh after his passing on January...

Don’t Go Anywhere Without Me (Ghazal 2195) (Also titled: In the Arc of Your Mallet) – Jalaluddin Rumi (translated by...

When I Come Near the Red Peony Flower - Robert Bly https://beautywelove.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-i-come-near-red-peony-flower.html?m=0 Excerpt from Preface to All About Love: New...