What Do Poems Do? by Brian Doyle I was, no kidding, a visiting writer in a kindergarten recently, And the children asked me many wry and hilarious questions, Among them, is that your real nose? and can you write...
Would You Bow? If the Friend rose inside you, would you bow ? Would you wonder where that one came from and how? If you say, "I will bow," that's important. If you answer, "But can I be sure?" it...
A Clear Midnight This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest...
When times seem to lapse backwards and we’re thrown again into thoughts and emotions from long ago, or we sink into a trough that seems as though all our gains have been lost, we need to remember that this too...
OLD MAN PASSING THROUGH A DOORWAY I’m looking for that place inside you where everything passes through you, where you’re like the rain, giving and receiving at the same time as you pass on to new identities— that place where...
Continue by Maya Angelou My wish for you Is that you continue Continue To be who and how you are To astonish a mean world With your acts of kindness Continue To allow humor to lighten the burden Of your...
There is meaning, intrinsic meaning, in every moment.
