You Reading This: StopDon't just stay tangled up in your life ( Read more... )

Who Said This?

Something whispered something
that was not even a word.
It was more like a silence
that was understandable.
I was standing
at the edge of the pond.
Nothing living, what we call living,
was in sight.
And yet, the voice entered me,
my body-life,
with so much happiness.
And there was nothing there
but the water, the sky, the grass.

Sometimes you look at an empty valley like this ( Read more... )

Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last ( Read more... )

When death comes ( Read more... )

( You ever feel like a thundering herd? )

There's a lot of uncertainty in life isn't there? I'm not sure there's any way around that. There is much we could fear. On the other side there is much to inspire and be grateful for. We all get caught up sometimes, in fear, unsure of the way forward. Beneath the fear, what is there?

( Ask Me, by William Stafford )

( You Reading This, Be Ready )

( I love this damn poem. )

( alone in this room )