What You Need to Know
"True beauty is revealed only if there is a light within."
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of book, On Death
Poems
Singing to Stones
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France, French
Well, One Life . . .
"It's like the spiders are sharing an ancient secret with me."
— Cheryl Hayashi, spider biologist
Most
The Sound of Light
"Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart."
— Pablo Casals, Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist,
One Birthday, Remembering Another
“I just can’t comprehend
Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world,
Or the
New Year’s Eve: What I Found in My Notebook
“If we’re not mindful, it’s not tea that we’re drinking but our own illusions and afflictions.” — Thich
Waiting for the New Era
“The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best displays poetic
Another Thanksgiving Day…Thank You
“I thank you God for this most
amazing day, for the leaping greenly
spirits of trees, and for the blue
After Walking Clam Beach
“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or
Back Around
“Happiness is the longing for repetition.” — Milan Kundera
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best displays poetic line breaks.
A Story About Poems
“If I speak for the dead . . . I must write the same poem over and over....” — Illya Kaminsky, poet
Once there
2012: Humming Along
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do
New Year’s Eve — Looking Back
“There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But, who wants easier? – Mary Oliver, poet
Awakening & Surrender
“We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning we awaken to the light ... each
A Language Larger Than Words
“And this, our life . . . finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every
After the Good News, The Raven
“At the end of the glacier
two ravens . . .
At the end of the ice age
show me the way . . .
Flying
Every New Day, The Best Day
“On my way home I remember only good days.
On my way home I remember all the best days.
I’
Better the Cup Breaks Before You
Wear it, use it, savor it, let it go