Intrinsic Heart

The reason children are excited to see what comes next is because they don’t assume they already know. They don’t look at their thoughts about what something is, they explore. But somehow we adults assume we know what things are...

  ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTO MIRROR In the rear-view mirror suddenly I saw the bulk of the Beauvais Cathedral; great things dwell in small ones for a moment. Adam Zagajewski ~~~~~~~~~~~   The wind gives me fallen leaves enough to...

CAMAS LILIES Consider the lilies of the field, the blue banks of camas opening into acres of sky along the road. Would the longing to lie down and be washed by that beauty abate if you knew their usefulness, how...

INVICTUS Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under...

Yesterday before bedtime I read Rumi’s poem “The Window Within the Soul.” I gave into the temptation to pull just one book off the shelf and read just one poem—which of course turned into more than just one book and...

I cannot do my work Because the birds keep saying I love you They rustle the leaves, they flutter and sing They come right by my window, carrying twigs to build their nests Their beautiful bright wings, the way they...