Brandon Leake brings Spoken Word to AGT

Emotions bottled up can lead to explosions. Young men are often not allowed to have their range of emotions. The tears of sadness are ridiculed. Toxic shame hides under the bravado. There is no place for fear. Anger masquerades as strength holding back the pain of bottled up sadness and shame. This leaves two acceptable …Read More

Pacing the Cage ~ Bruce Cockburn

Sometimes the best map will not guide you You can’t see what’s round the bend Sometimes the road leads through dark places Sometimes the darkness is your friend ~ by Bruce Cockburn, Pacing the Cage  To anyone out there feeling stuck, Canadian singer and songwriter, Bruce Cockburn, speaks to the darkness. There is a haunting beauty …Read More

Rafael Campo, Physician-Poet

Marvelous, the body’s workmanship, how perfect is its service to the soul it shelters, each soft hair along the shin enshrining touch, this way we’re made to need each other’s care. ~ Rafael Campo, Physician-Poet Today Rafael Campo is a primary-care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and …Read More

Dead is Dead ~ by Alan Balter

Dead Is Dead ~ by Alan Balter Published: April 2017 When somebody dies, folks hardly ever say “dead.” They prefer “expired” or “departed” instead. Most of the euphemisms don’t do any harm, Like “biting the dust” or “buying the farm.” There are “fallen off the perch” and “given up the ghost.” “Taking a dirt nap” …Read More