Intrinsic Heart

You, Darkness by Rainer Maria Rilke You darkness from which I come, I love you more than all the fires that fence out the world, for the fire makes a circle for everyone so that no one sees you anymore....

Last Night As I Was Sleeping / Anoche Cuando Dormía by Antonio Machado Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—blessed illusion!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are...

IT HAPPENS From the book by Pablo Neruda, The Sea and the Bells, a book in progress found in Pablo Neruda’s home after his death. They knocked on my door on the sixth of August nobody was standing here and...

Say I Am You I am dust particles in sunlight. I am the round sun. To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I am wind...

Unfinished Prayers (Jibone Jao Puja Holo Na Sara) By Rabindranath Tagore The prayers in my life That remain undone, I know, yes I do, They were not in vain. The buds that have fallen on the grounds Before they could...

Ministry Theo is gone from the Plaza Restaurant in Santa Fe and I wonder what happened to Irene who worked that coffee shop in Flagstaff. And Isobel who worked the counter at Woolworth’s in Santa Fe and broad-hipped Ruth at...