THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS NAUGHTY: It’s just a concept we’ve made up
Adult: Did you know that there’s no such thing as naughty?Child: Well, that’s just not true. Everyone knows about naughty.Not quite everyone. There’s a ...
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A CONVERSATION WITH SADNESS: In a secluded park, a valuable life lesson is learned
I had an interesting experience recently, to say the least. After running some errands, I decided to sit on a bench in a quiet, secluded park to relax and refle...
POEMS BY MAX REIF: With Trump It’s Come to This, Morning Ablutions, Domestic Revelation
With Trump, It's Come to This
When the President's mind
is a maelstrom, an abyss,
a sinkhole
into which he seems
to be drawing the whole world,
what do ...
SPIRITUAL POEMS OF RUMI: Once Again, I Went to the Doctor, Out There You’ll Find, I Was Ready to Tell, Poor Human Never Learned
The following poems have been excerpted from The Spiritual Poems of Rumi translated by Nader Khalili, a contemporary collection of 120 translated poems—includin...
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: The Spoiling of a Good Walk, Sunbathing, You Are Not a Plant
The Spoiling of a Good Walk
Clear water slices through green fields
as precise as the thread of a seamstress,
divides but does not conquer its low red banks,...
POEMS BY SHAUN PAYNE: Patience, Potential, Layers, Grace, Rebirth
Patience
I’ve heard God can be seen in the details.The flowing glow
of the rings of a tree,
like a fingerprint of the Earth.
Or the meandering flow
o...
POEMS BY YUAN CHANGMING: Meditating, Self-Rebuilding, Praying
Meditating
Imagine
Just imagine
Sitting under a tall pipal
On a vast stretch of prairies
Where you're transformed, transforming
Your entire physical being...
POEMS BY JI STRANGEWAY: Bows, Among the Fields, First, Healer, The Welcoming
Bows
after midnight
i parked at the moon lake
while Colorado slept
like Sleeping Beauty.
undressed my shame
sealing scars in a catalogue
of all the bad n...
POEMS BY JOHN GREY: Lake of the Elms, Lost My Way, Life with the Land
Lake of the Elms
Sky unending, temperature a degree or two
on the right side of warm,
no concerns, no plans,
I'm at the edge of a lake
for the first time u...