Category Archives: Poetry by others
Willing to experience …….
I came across this beautiful invocation by John Wellwood and find it speaks to me so clearly, I just had to post it here. Willing to experience aloneness I discover connection everywhere. Turning to face my fear I meet the … Continue reading
Come To The River – Rumi
Come! Take a pick-axe And break apart Your stony self. The heart’s matrix is glutted with rubies. Springs of laughter are buried in your breast. Unstop the wine jar Batter down the door to the treasury of nonexistence. The water … Continue reading
Sometimes
‘Mandala of life’ by Paul Swatridge Sometimes, when a bird cries out, Or the wind sweeps through a tree, Or a dog howls in a far off farm, I hold still and listen a long time. My soul turns and … Continue reading
Meeting yourself
I just came across this beautiful poem on someone else’s blog. The poem: LOVE AFTER LOVE by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and … Continue reading
poem by ryokan
Without a jot of ambition left I let my nature flow where it will There are ten days of rice in my bag And, by the hearth, a bundle of firewood. Who prattles of illusion of Nirvana? Forgetting the equal … Continue reading
I am clearing a space
I am Clearing a Space by Morgan Farley I am clearing a space – here, where the trees stand back. I am making a circle so open the moon will fall in love and stroke these grasses with her silver. … Continue reading
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