poetry
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Day 187 – Friday’s Featured Art!
The Journal is offering a new Friday feature – a single poem will appear each week to enrich your day. The first offering is “Turning West” by Dr. Terry Chapman. Continue reading
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Days 228-232 – Vibrations of Love & Fear
Some believe that all life exists as vibrations; that the bodies we occupy are waves of energy we perceive as human forms. Fear's energy visits all animals. I imagine it as traveling the air in tight, frenzied vibrations… Continue reading
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Days 257-261 – Serenity From The Saints
Poems are prayers, fine photographs are meditations & music is a bed on which to rest the tired heart. I classify great artists as saints. Continue reading
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Days 149-151 – Weekend Meditation
The rain that grays the forest finds yellow wings that dart & weave. Continue reading
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Day 146 – The Lap of Silence
Let yourself fall toward silence. Continue reading
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Day 133 – “That Fierce Embrace”
At the Journal, we turn often to the gifts of David Whyte for the wisdom and art he brings. Continue reading
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Day 118 – Pastimes & Poetry
For a brief time during the game on Sunday evening, I forgot that the next day was Monday. I forgot that my everyday work involves helping charities that deal with the worst kind of human suffering. Continue reading
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Day 111 – April Outside the Hospital
The ground opens in April unbuttoning herself to welcome the moon Continue reading
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Day 63 – Poetry & Presence
To appreciate this poem, we are asked to let go of grammar, punctuation and spelling rules so that we can experience the rhythm and flow of Love’s beauty in all her glory. Continue reading
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Days 60-61 – Happy Distractions – A Photo Quiz & a Poem
As Mother Time finger- snaps me toward her margins I find myself shouting louder & echoing quieter. Continue reading
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