Intrinsic Heart

This is an exceptional piece, where every single line has a world of meaning.  Each line could be a poem in itself, and every two lines could also stand alone as a separate poem. You can even read it backwards...

Excerpt from “Elixir” by George Herbert A man that looks on glass,          On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass,          And then the heav'n espy.   “Snow” by Louis MacNeice The room was suddenly rich...

Poem what time is it? it is by every star a different time, and each most falsely true; or so subhuman superminds declare — not all their times encompass me and you: when we are never, but forever now (hosts...

BLESSING THE BODY This blessing takes one look at you and all it can say is holy. Holy hands. Holy face. Holy feet. Holy everything in between. Holy even in pain. Holy even when weary. In brokenness, holy. In shame,...

On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets into you, may a flock...

REUNION This is how it is: one part of you journeys forth while the other stays at home to wait and keep things going. And the years pass with you (the waiter) going about your business while you wonder how...