2012: Humming Along
“Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do
Writing
Access issues of my twice-monthly letter, The Wild Now, plus a growing collection of poems, personal essays & creative nonfiction
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
A Thanksgiving Story
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself . . . we are star stuff harvesting star light . . . Our loyalties are
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’
Launching
Celebrating the publication of my first book, a poetry collection, recognized with a national poetry book prize
Better the Cup Breaks Before You
Wear it, use it, savor it, let it go
Happy Earth Hour 2011
“Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever ... People across the world from all walks of life turned off
Going Deeper
“The first time I walked into a mine, I wanted to turn around and get out...I just kept going
Heart of Night
“In sleep we lie all naked and alone, in sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness,
Happy New Year
“Why did you stop praising?”
“Because I never heard anything back.”
“This longing you express is the return message”
—Jelal’
After Rain, Approaching Solistice
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief . . . for a
Remembering David
“What can you ever really know of other people’s souls—of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul
Por Todos Los Niños
The unanimous blood of those who struggle for life
Rose & the Robin
“God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.”
— Turkish proverb
Water trickles into soil, the fuchsia drink,
In the days after September 11th
Only in darkness can you see the stars.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If on phone, turning it sideways (landscape) best