A friend and poet, Daniel Cryns, shares these words, “If only to receive…” (Poem is posted below with permission.) “If Only to Receive…” by Daniel Cryns If only to receive the song of today in reverence, delight… No need to own it, no need to share it. To fully take in that which will never …Read More
Category: Poem
Poem: We Have Come to Be Danced
“The fastest, cleanest, most joyful way to break out of your own box is by dancing. I’m not talking about doing the stand-and-sway. I’m talking about dancing so deep, so hard, so full of the beat that you are nothing but the dance and the beat and the sweat and the heat.”—Gabrielle Roth Ecstatic dance …Read More
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The Invitation —by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool …Read More
Hole in the Sidewalk
Hole in the Sidewalk ~ by Portia Nelson I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the …Read More
Love in the Moment – Poetry of Rumi
Rumi is celebrated for his poems on ecstatic Love. As a Persian poet and Sufi mystic writing in the 13th century, it is surprising that his words can still speak to us nearly 800 years later. However, he is one of the most popular poets in the English-speaking world today partly because of the beautiful …Read More