Tag: poetry
The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Peace
On the eleventh day Of Christmas, I received an unexpected gift: a deep sense of peace. I tried to express it in poetry and so here it is: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to AllThe hosts of heaven do declareA peace for all who listen there.Yet in our world, so rife with strife,It's hard to dream … Continue reading The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Peace
The Ninth Day of Christmas: Embracing the Gift of Darkness
The ninth day of Christmas brought an unexpected gift: darkness. Not a new kind of darkness, but an old and familiar one, rediscovered. It manifested in the symbol of night, a theme poetically delivered to my inbox by one of my favorite poets, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer (wordwoman.com): “…and the night is a nestbig enough to … Continue reading The Ninth Day of Christmas: Embracing the Gift of Darkness
Falling
And I fellAnd fellInto the Ocean of LoveTo which there is no bottom. May you find deep love in this and all moments.
Hidden Markers, Broken Containers
world I imagined,world I knew,gone.familiar markers moved, changed.Unknown.Absent.container of faithcarefully curatedneatly shelvedbroken open.remembered contentleaking.what remains?Emptiness. Possibility.Love?who will guide my feet?what will mark the way?to what shall I turn?there is no re-turnonly forward, downwardmarkers goneis this the path?is there a path?what container will I use?is there a container at all?mind of a beginner, seekingUnknown and Known.Absent … Continue reading Hidden Markers, Broken Containers
Poetry Brings Me Peace
When I am overwhelmed by discord and dissension in my life and many places, I often find comfort in the words of poets. The following are words from Rumi, the Sufi mystic and poet of the thirteenth-century. May this poem offer you encouragement and an invitation to that "field" Rumi describes! Out beyond ideas of … Continue reading Poetry Brings Me Peace
Infinitely Precious 