THE THING IS

THE THING IS to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as...

THE MIGHTY OAK TREE

THE MIGHTY OAK TREE A mighty wind blew night and day, It stole the oak tree’s leaves away. Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark Until the oak was tired and stark. But still the oak tree held its ground While other trees fell all around. The weary wind...

EAGLE POEM

EAGLE POEM To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you. And know there is more That you can’t see, can’t hear; Can’t know except in moments Steadily growing, and in languages That aren’t always sound but other...

Remember the sky

REMEMBER Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. I met her in a bar once in Iowa City. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the...

ASK ME WHAT I NEED

ASK ME WHAT I NEED How can you know, as we interact today What I can handle? What I need? I’m right here – here with you Aware of myself, what’s happening inside. If you feel moved, to react in a certain way Stop first, to ask yourself, what it is you need Are you...

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