Beannacht: A Blessing for the New Year
On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The grey window And the ghost of loss Gets in to you, May [...]
Those Tender Words
Those tender words we said to one another Are stored in the secret heart of heaven: One day like rain they will fall and spread, And our mystery will grow green over the world. — Rumi Thank you Malama [...]
It’s OK!
Naraya Dancer Lini Wilkins writes: Lately, I find myself saying this phrase a lot to myself and others as we gather and share the times that we are currently faced with — It's Ok! It’s Ok! For your little [...]
Messenger
My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird— equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums. Here the clam deep in the speckled sand. Are my boots old? Is my coat [...]
Last Night As I Was Sleeping
Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have [...]