Off and on for the past few months I've seen this wiry black man shuffling along Powell street, peddling his poetry. He always wears the same tattered blue baseball cap and dark sunglasses. He's thin and slightly hunched over with a gaunt face. He always struck me as someone who was if not homeless, pretty close. He walks up to throngs of people ( Read more... )

“Radha”

Older sister,

Full of Grace,

Gracing me with your wisdom

ten steps ahead of me,

Blissfully,

I watch,

As you stumble at the feet of our elders,

Unashamed of your appearance,

Just,

Ever,

Devotional.

The five fundamental factors seem to

run off your shoulder like water off a lotus,

Total focus is on Anadi,

To give me ( Read more... )

I'd like to chronicle last night as an expression of deep gratitude and appreciation for my life. The party. Awesome! It was awesome. There were so many people there to show love for me and E. E's friends outnumbered mine but I'm really ok with that because I feel like that's how it should have been. I feel like this is her year and I was really ( Read more... )

Here is the poem I referenced yesterday:

PAYING ATTENTION

I know everything about my God.
Can you tell me about your own?

Outside the window, rain. Well, the sound
of rain. Why would I start this way?
Because my God prefers a preamble-
Spool of ( Read more... )

I swear, there are few things on this Earth I love more than Cathedrals, except for, you know, people. I find it really amusing a little Jewish, hippy child LOVES cathedrals so much. Even when I visit new places, just take me to a cathedral and I'll be happy. Ask ahimsa114 , she figured it out ages ago. I mean, it makes sense because there are few man-made ( Read more... )

So my parents really liked this poem I wrote on Monday. I don't know if it will touch anyone else but I figured, why not post it?

At The Edge

You bring me to the edge,

I teeter at the brink.

You push me, you pull me.

You show me new highs

And new lows.

You wring me out and fill me up.

You put me through my paces

And make me want to weep ( Read more... )

Is Mercury getting out of retrograde or something? My phone has been ringing NONSTOP since 8:30 this morning. Seriously. I'm about ready to pull it out of the wall. . .I'm still in a funk but I love myself anyway. (In fact, that's what tonight's blog post will be about!) I also want to share a Rumi poem:

"I swear my dear child,
No one in the entire ( Read more... )

I guess I wrote a poem?

This morning I kept searching on the internet for a poem by Rumi I was sure existed that had the line, "you are a great and magnificent divine being." I couldn't find it so I wrote one myself? Keep in mind it's very rare for me to write poetry. And this doesn't feel like mine, it feels like something else coming through me ( Read more... )

I wanted to write this post earlier but that obviously didn't happen.

I just wanted to chronicle what happened this weekend. My NVC workshop went well -- I knew everyone in the room but you have to start somewhere right? I only had 7 people and was hoping for 10, but tis ok, we all enjoyed it. What I learned about NVC for those of you who are ( Read more... )