Essays - PoetOwl

A Thanksgiving Story

“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself . . . we are star stuff harvesting star light . . . Our loyalties are

23 Nov

Celebrating the publication of my first book, a poetry collection, recognized with a national poetry book prize

26 Jun

“Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever ... People across the world from all walks of life turned off

26 Mar

“Why did you stop praising?” “Because I never heard anything back.” “This longing you express is the return message” —Jelal’

31 Dec

“What can you ever really know of other people’s souls—of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul

19 Nov

The unanimous blood of those who struggle for life

31 Oct

“God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.” — Turkish proverb Water trickles into soil, the fuchsia drink,

03 Oct

“Nothing is real unless it is observed.” — John Gribben, In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality Below

24 Aug

“Wherever you go, there you are.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor emeritus of medicine and Zen Buddhist Leaving Brooklyn, not yet realizing

30 Jul

“All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.” — Rainer Maria Rilke Slicing through the black plastic pipe in

06 Jun

“When I was a little boy, I was afraid of white people. I would run away and hide. Now, in

21 May

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein In the twilight, they press their cheeks

22 Apr

“My poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain . . . .” — Pablo Neruda Raining.

01 Feb

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is

23 Jan

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” — Desmond Tutu For a moment, the

18 Jan

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song” — Maya Angelou Heavy

01 Jan