Posted in Poetry on Dec 3rd, 2010 3 Comments »
The Mind will Never Figure Love Out I shared this poem with a couple of friends at the recent Diamond Approach Teacher’s Training. Prakash asked that I post it, so here it is. As for the title, the poem starts as a question, perspective and understanding follow, and it ends in surprise ? . ! [...]
Posted in Poetry on Jun 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Heart’s Desire One day while in a downcast mood I walked in mountain solitude Absorbed within deep heartache Particular paths I did not take Late the hour on that day Recalling not footstep’s way When open eyes I could not keep Dreamlessly did I sleep Awakened by morning’s light Untold beauty awed my sight Alpine [...]
Posted in Poetry on Jun 26th, 2010 1 Comment »
Rumi entreats us to come to the beloved I was at Esin Restaurant in Danville, CA last night having a glass of wine when Esin joined my dad and me. We got to sharing history and stories. I mentioned Rumi to Esin (she is from Turkey) and she said her mother read Rumi. Esin remembers [...]
Posted in Poetry on Jun 16th, 2010 No Comments »
The Mountain The longest and one of the most complex poems I have written is titled – The Mountain. The mountain is used to help describe my relationship to my self, the world and my superego (inner critic). The poem has three sections – The Day Face, The Night Face and The Crucible of the [...]
Posted in Poetry on Oct 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Love is more a taste or a flavor, Making our lives something to savor Items of Interest Links of Interest Devastation – Ruin of the Heart
Posted in Poetry on May 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Who says this love Will set you free When that love Knows the beauty of jail Who says this love Is a consuming fire When that love Is a river of bliss Who says this love Is the light of God When that love Is dark Mystery Who says this love The soul hungers for [...]
Posted in Poetry on Sep 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Past midnight The moon crept in Announcing Your arrival Grumbling Accompanied my hasty departure On the bare roof Sheer Night-sky majesty Flooding me With gratitude Poetry Expressing the Heart & Soul Where does poetry come from? Where does poetry go? When you write poetry, is it a struggle, a flow – is [...]
Posted in Poetry on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Down Down Down Into the depths Of the human condition Down Into the saline depths A shower of tears A river of tears An ocean of tears Into the depths Of being human Pain and suffering Beyond the light Darkness and despair Beyond hope And the well of longing Beyond the anguish of the soul [...]
Posted in Poetry on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
What is this space we say we need and violently refuse to cede Our bodies willingly we’ll bleed if our words they fail to heed Seeking love with heart sincere a bloodied child sheds a tear Our cause is just, the course won’t veer such hypocrites, we have no peer From global wars to marriage spats [...]
Posted in Poetry on Aug 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Every morning The sun Entices the tulip Out of herself Petals wide open To Living Daylight Beauty dances With radiance One day Will open her Completely To birth A nightingale
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