Simplicity “The Tao brings no more important lesson to writing than the benefit of simplicity. Verse 48 of the Tao Te Ching tells us: ‘To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.’ Inexperienced writers typically try to emulate the worst kinds of writing, what they may imagine to be […]
The Sky Gave Me Its Heart
The sky gave me its heart because it knew mine was not large enough to care for the earth the way it did. –Rabia of Basra This is the first stanza of the poem “The Sky Gave Me Its Heart” by Rabia of Basra (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and […]
To Know the Dark
“To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. –Wendell Berry Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you). Poetry can […]
Soul on Fire
And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass. –Ezra Pound (101 poems that could save your life by Daisy Goodwin, p.75) I like some of Ezra Pound’s poetry but disagree with his stated (during his lifetime) […]