God is Death
do you wonder about the laziness of trees,branches that move only by the wind;fruit that falls by a scampering squirrel?I know that most people cut it down a notch,just to […]
Butterfly
and then there is the butterfly whose wings – if you can hear them –laugh the most when they’re yellow,a tiny light who giggles in the shadows,against the stolid wood […]
Love is worth that mad music
if you want to hear life,you’ll have to listen to your own,and,by the way,you’ll need to steal your own heart,and give it away for him to break itjust to see […]
Wisdom
What does wisdom look like to you? Does it look like Socrates?Does it look like a monk sitting on a rock?Does it look like a yoga teacher?Does it look like […]
a smile over quiet ice
it’s funnyhow he believes silence concealswhat he loves and what he does not;as if the wordless treescould hide their breathing limbs,from me,as if they could suppress such majestyfrom the eyes […]
The Rivers
the Rivers,the great waters who roam,between the fingers and the toes,those who fill your cups and pails,and who prod and poke the lazy rocks,to goad a primal impotence to move,wasting […]
I speak a beautiful bird
I speak a beautiful bird,and your eyes place him there,blue and red and yellow,you put him there, sweet bird;heart suddenly finds its wings,Oh, your light is his great sun;but I […]
Create with eyes wide open
Every moment of every day of every year, you are co-creating your world, your experience, and all the characters who contribute to it. This is the true nature of reality: […]
Love as it pours down waterfalls
It’s a tiny place”,the little girl says,“It’s so small,that’s whatever it is,it’s only a circle,and I for onecan barely see it,much less talk about it. It certainly isn’t as big […]
Poetry reflecting home
we are here,as you read this,and you know who we are,a thousand little lights,the stars who liveand die.In the eye of mind,“a million years”is short for “forever”but forever is the […]
The mind misimagining
Here,we trace the mind into a map,geometrical alliances,shapes and figures,the artistic curves and dots,circles everywhere,connecting this and/or that:an imagination is a whirlpool,spinning into its point,expanding into the universe. Diagrams and […]
Love lost in the moment
the pinprick,it was only a moment,the moonlight slippedunawares into our place;the room was dark,but our conversationwas a sea of stars,far enough to feel safe,and close enough to be heard:all is […]
Personality fragmentation and the desire for wholeness
We hear a lot about the desire for wholeness, integration, integrity, and unity. The foundation for any spiritual pursuit is motivated by that desire. The reason for this is simple: […]
By Pencil and by Sword
Sacred spacesgrow from within the heart,the heart of God, of You,sky rise or blade of grass,firm in the soilholding to the winds:these are the creations. Even the birds hold to […]
Sophia, who has forsaken thee?
logos, (Greek: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) plural logoi, in ancient Greek philosophy and early Christian theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. […]
If the river wants to teach him song
If the river wants to teach him song, she might swell as the winds swell,to confound the boundaries of the land, to fill him with the rolling rocks of righteous fury, […]
Oracular Intelligence 