Matins ~Morning Prayer Poem by John O’Donohue 1Somewhere, out at the edges, the nightIs turning and the waves of darknessBegin to brighten the shore of dawn The heavy dark falls back to earthAnd the freed air goes wild with light,The heart fills with fresh, bright breathAnd thoughts stir to give birth to color. 2I arise …Read More
Category: Poem
The Road Not Taken ~ Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken —by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps …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
America the Beautiful ~ Katherine Lee Bates
America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for Pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across …Read More
On Transformation ~ Caterpillar / Butterfly
“Yes, your transformation will be hard. Yes, you will feel frightened, messed up and knocked down. Yes, you’ll want to stop. Yes, it’s the best work you’ll ever do.” ~ Robin Sharma Let’s face it. Transformation is scary. Does the caterpillar know that he will become a butterfly? In the present moment, maybe he only …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
Twas the Night Before Tax Day ~ Glen Davis
Twas the Night Before Tax Day ~ By Glen Davis (April 15, 2003) ‘Twas the night before Tax Day, when all through the nation many creatures were stirring, due to procrastination. The receipts were stuffed in a box without care, in case of an audit, they all would be there. The children were nestled all …Read More
Poem: The Tiger ~ William Blake
“The Tiger” by William Blake (1757-1827) Tiger Tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and …Read More
Poem: I dreamed my grandmother
I dreamed my grandmother She was glamorous. Red lipstick. Her favorite earrings, gold triangles Short cropped China black hair Perched sensuously on a high stool, legs crossed And 10 pounds lighter But it was her spirit that was lighter She shrugged off the weight of the world Pulled back her shoulders Opened her chest Held …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