When I am among trees
When I am among the trees,especially the willows and the…
Mother Wisdom Speaks
Some of you I will hollow out.I will make you…
This is what the living do
Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some…
Love after Love
The time will comewhen, with elation,you will greet yourself arrivingat…
Postscript
And some time make the time to drive out westInto…
The Summer Day
Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black…
Practice
Not the high mountain monasteryI had hoped for, the realface…
The Ghost of my Mother Comforts me
Do not fear daughterwhen they lift their sticks, their stones,when…
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.You do not have…
What to remember when waking
In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake,coming…
Still furled
If you listen really carefullyIn Fairview Park this morningYou will…
Plums
They give me plums,But I leave them aside;I leave them…
Treasures
She brought home treasures,found in local auctions, second hand shops,treasures…
Creation
How can it be possibleto losesomething you never hadto feel…
Freedom
I went skinny dipping in the Atlantic OceanYes, last night,…
Keeping Watch
In the morningwhen I began to wake,it happened again– that…
Only Breath – Rumi
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not HinduBuddhist, Sufi, or…
Where Everything is music
Don’t worry about saving thee songs!And if one of our…
Annunciation – Marie Howe
Even if I don’t see it again,—nor ever feel it…
