Poetry, with its impossible-seeming combination of soft lens and precision, brings to our awareness that which might otherwise go unnoticed and unappreciated. May these poems open your heart to the nuance and opportunity of each moment.
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Poetry
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
by William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build…
Poetry
The Guest House
by Rumi
Translation by Coleman Barks
Poetry
Ten Poems of Otagaki Rengetsu
by (Translation) Kaz Tanahashi and Joan Halifax Roshi
Autumn Moon Fearing my past is exposed to the moon, I keep looking down this…
Poetry
Tea
by Amy Uyematsu
for Thich Nhat Hanh
Poetry
Seasons
by Eido Shimano Roshi
In Spring, hundreds of flowers. In Summer, refreshing breeze. In Autumn, a harvest moon. In…
Poetry
Sabbaths 1998, VII
by Wendell Berry
(FOR JOHN HAINES)
Poetry
One Morning
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
One morning we will wake up and forget to build that wall we’ve been building,…
Poetry
Loaves and Fishes
by David Whyte
This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget…
Poetry
Learning Life
by Catherine Garland
I have learned that fences are for climbing to see if the grass really is…
Poetry
i thank YOU GOD for most this amazing
by e.e. cummings
Published in SHAKING THE TREE
Poetry
Gratitude
by Sally Bliumis-Dunn
The grass seems lusher in the wet gray air, but less approachable now— thick curtain…
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