POEMS BY JOHN GREY: In Need of Flow, The Edge of Extinction and more
In Need of FlowI stroll home along the banks of the white river,my hair set afire by sunset.My mind is shared with the stream,its swift current, the bankin...
Writing
SOOTHE THE SOUL: 3 poems about love by Matt Buonocore
Locked in ThoughtMy Dear,All I want is your happiness,I want to see you smile.I’ve watched for years behind these bars,and I’ve waited patiently for you. Y...
THE ADVENTURES OF SAINT ISSA IN THE FAR EAST: A tale of three incarnations
One morning, Saint Issa, a 13-year-old Jewish mystic boy, made the fateful decision to leave home and set off by foot along the ancient silk trade route to Ind...
POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: Planted, The Purple Room
I filled my watering can with holy waterAnd used it to water my lawnSo the grass would finally be greenerOn the side that I was onI got a priest to bless the s...
POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Where the Gods Dwell, I Need my Used Bookstore and more
Where Deer SleepMy three-year-old sonasked me where deer sleep.So I took him there. Steppinginto a space that is not meantfor fathers and sons, we founda r...
THE POWER OF THE MANTRA: A monk chooses spiritual power over temptation
For 13 years, a great monk prayed, meditated and fasted in the mountains in order to see more clearly into the nature of things. One morning, this wise man dec...
POEMS BY REBECCA SHEA: All the Places I Haven’t Found God, But My Flowers Did Not Grow
All the Places I Haven't Found GodA lady at AA says she found God under a bridge Just below the freeway. I wait for hours, but He never comes. I met a c...
POEMS BY MATT BUONOCORE: Love Transfusion, One in Love, Swallowed in Surrender
Love TranfusionSometimes I live in the grey,unable to decide if everything’s alright.My mind knows what the past looks like,I can’t look back, I know insid...
THE GATHERING: Animals and humans pay homage to the Great Spirit
An eagle, a lion, a wolf, a deer and a bear sat
around the campfire for their weekly respite from work. This week, their
conversation focused on the foils of h...