Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver, excerpt from poem “The Summer Day” June 21, 2018, is the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere. For us, it is the longest day of the year and the official start of summer. From today onward, the …Read More
Category: Poem
Poem: David Whyte, Give Every Last Thing Away
THE BELL AND THE BLACKBIRD (excerpt) The sound of a bell still reverberating, or a blackbird calling from a corner of a field. Asking you to wake into this life or inviting you deeper to one that waits. Either way takes courage, either way wants you to be nothing but that self that is no …Read More
Prayer of St. Francis
Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is dispair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much …Read More
Poem: “The Roar” by Kim Falone
The Roar ~ by Kim Falone He lies next to his wife A woman he half loves In a hotel room near an airport It could be any hotel near any airport He could be any man Who loves with half his heart Who shuffles like a shadow Who speaks in half truths And lives …Read More
“Song of the Banana Man” by Evan Jones
Touris, white man, wipin his face, Met me in Golden Grove market place. He looked at m’ol’ clothes brown wid stain , An soaked right through wid de Portlan rain, He cas his eye, turn up his nose, He says, ‘You’re a beggar man, I suppose?’ On a recent podcast interview with Dr. Paul Jones, …Read More
A Blessing “For Your Birthday” by John O’Donohue
Spring is the time for new growth, birthing new projects and new life. Here is a blessing “For Your Birthday” by John O’Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings. Let us remember the power to bless one another on the special milestones of life. For Your Birthday Blessed be the mind …Read More
“Lost” by David Wagoner
When walking through your day, you might get lost. Are you really lost? Where are you? What should you do? Find wisdom in the words from the American poet, David Wagoner. Lost —by David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and buses beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you …Read More
How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again
One of the most profound sections of any bookstore lives with the Children’s Books. My cousin’s kids lured me into this dangerous repository of wisdom from the safe zone of the Adult Self-Help Section. Be careful! Among those wise little people, inspiration can fall and fracture your head into a million little pieces. Humpty Dumpty …Read More
Poem: “If” by Rudyard Kipling
If— by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied …Read More
Chief Tecumseh: A Poem on Living
A Poem by Tecumseh “So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view,and demand that they respect yours.Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service …Read More