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Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Feather Breath

Observe the feather breath of the moon   misty white in a black sky –Terry Chitwood Mind Moves “In China,  Ch’an/Zen approaches to calligraphy had long maintained that the character of a man [or woman]—his [or her] level of individual realization—could be observed in the ch’i or life-energy that moved through his [or her] brush […]

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August 23, 2012

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Eyes of the Night

Let all the words go. They come from elsewhere and long ago, are immigrants here. They should return to their faraway homes. They should fly up to city balconies and preen there, or land like a big shadow on the cornfield, and pick among the stalks. –Chase Twitchell (The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Writing Tagged: Chase Twitchell, eyes of the night, poetry, wordes as birds, writing

August 16, 2012

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Breath of Fire

Bardo of Writing It can be said poets talked too much wrote too long, listening to the sound of their voices.   This was my offering to have written little, & heard the sounds of the world. –Janet Rodney (The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry edited by Andrew Schelling, p.262) A Misty Paradox […]

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July 26, 2012

Written by Dr. Terry Chitwood

Healer

That Skill A thorn has entered your foot. That is why you weep at times at night.   There are some in this world who can pull it out.   The skill that takes they have learned from Him. –St. Catherine of Siena (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Spiritual Journey, Transforming Wounds into Words, Writing Tagged: bear suffering, essential wound, Love Poems from God, poetry, St. Catherine of Siena, writing

July 19, 2012
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