Singing Image of Fire A hand moves, and the fire’s whirling takes different shapes: All things change when we do. The first word, “Ah,” blossoms into all others. Each of them is true. –Kukai (The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry edited by Stephen Mitchell, 36) Kukai (774-835) [was] . . . the founder […]
Delirious Joy
The great sea has set me in motion, set me adrift, moving me like a reed in a river. The sky and the strong wind have moved the spirit inside me till I’m carried away trembling with joy. –Uvavnuk (The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry edited by Stephen Mitchell, p.123) “Uvavnuk (mid-19th-early […]
Death: The Beginning of Life
Disclosure: This post contains some affiliate links (at no cost to you). This article is dedicated in particular to Susan Niebur, four-time cancer survivor and presently in hospice contemplating her journey beyond death, and to others who approach death . . . ultimately, all of us. “During the fiercest period of her chemotherapy, my friend […]
Poetry as Soul Food
“Poetry has meant a great deal in my life. That sensitivity, that intuition, an attitude of tenderness before nature, before all things, before people, before pain, before weakness, before pettiness, at times and under circumstances of exultation also. I therefore believe that poetry has been for me much more than a hobby. It has been […]
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