The Moment The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, island,...
I particularly resonated with this short poem today because I woke up thinking I should read some poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye. Imagine my surprise when I opened...
NOT EVEN HIS DOG One night my neighbor decided it would be better for the family peace if he slept over at his mother's place so he got into his pickup & drove...
LINGUISTICALLY SPEAKING A handful of stray letters wandering about aimlessly aren't all that impressive unless they start forming words Except for the letter...
IN HUMMINGBIRD LANGUAGE Entering the backyard zone I hear the beating blades of a tiny attack helicopter buzzing my right ear twice Then I see it landing on...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most...
Happy Endings and New Beginnings - Wishing Everyone Continued Blessings in 2012 and Beyond. Let's be creative in how we can make the world a kinder place ...
Reincarnation I highly recommend this 7 minute video, a true story of the reincarnation of a young boy whose parent's set out to disprove his experiences. Ha!...
AN APOLOGY Sorry but all the enthusiastic creativity & spirited passion I once flaunted has somehow morphed into a sense of entitlement & a craving for lip...
Merry Christmas to all and holiday greetings for all other celebrations of the season. Sharing a picture of my (99%) bird tree which brings joy every time I ...
NATURE'S COURSE A kangaroo rat is so efficient it can go a whole lifetime without taking a single drink of water An alligator only needs an inch & a half above...
START HERE We're here to start a fire but the kindling will only smolder the driftwood is waterlogged even the newspaper is damp then with a pop it catches ...
NOTHING LIKE THIS It's easy to blow out a candle but your love is a solar flare reaching the end of my soul Your eyes are two hurricanes perfectly calm inside ...
Yoga Quotes: http://www.lexiyoga.com/yoga-quotes "Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are." ~Jason Crandell "The word yoga comes from...
(this goes to show that poetry has no knowledge of limitation) Traveling With Montezuma in the world of bacteria some are friendly, some are not, much like the...
TOTALED I come from where the clouds go when they're all but rained out from where there are no sick days from where words are a special kind of breathing ...
TWO WAITING ROOMS As we enter the waiting room we are greeted by a woman seated at a table with small packages of fast food condiments spread out before her ...
The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Shelley - Written in 1819 after the massacre at Manchester, England Last Stanza of the Poem (Most Famous) Rise like Lions after...
Autumn Quince How sad they are, the promises we never return to. They stay in our mouths, roughen the tongue, lead lives of their own. Houses built and...
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. ...
WILD RIDE After sitting down on a bright orange bench facing the ocean we are just settling in for the lunch we brought of raisins & peanuts when we see...
There's always a beautiful image for each poem. Click onto 'web version' below The Buddha’s Last Instruction “Make of yourself a light,” said the Buddha, ...
WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THAT MOON? A wine bottle fell from a wagon and broke open in a field. That night one hundred beetles and all their cousins Gathered and...
TACKLEENO Down past the cornfield just before you got to the soy beans was the grassy fenced in area that couldn't be seen from any house or street where we...
Earth Blessing Let us bless The imagination of the Earth. That knew early the patience To harness the mind of time… Let us thank the Earth That offers ground...
Don't You Know by Steve Toth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VoicesOfThePhilosophersStone/message/7256 Quote: When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father...
The Friend There is a friend older than birth who danced with you before you had a body a friend who stays close to your life, the way heat stays close to a...
Not sure where I've been, but I'd never heard the term 'villanelle' as a form of poetry until today while reading one written about Scott Olsen, the Marine...
