This is going to go into the chapter on relationships/the social. Talking about the way relationship connects us to ourselves and the transpersonal simultaneously. River bottom and no travail. His body was long and lean as the pure white ofRead more…

Inspired by my dog, Natalie, who has a terrible problem staying home when things are afoot. This night (like every night) Is not for sleeping This night is to remind you To laugh out loud, uncontrollably, For absolutely no reason.Read more…

Urge a freight train and it’s hard to get off the rails. Closeness a need like a dog’s – they wait day and night outside, as close as possible risking wrath breaking rules. To be faithful, all other rules stretchRead more…

I love sometimes when I find a fierce, fiery Rumi poem amidst the warm ocean of his poetry. Hearty, fiery exhortation is sometimes the kick in the pants I need. This one is, for me, a good post on theRead more…

Also working on a chapter on inspiration, on re-connecting to the things in our lives, in our practice that delight us, to the glimpses of joy, union, lack of separation that draw us out of ourselves. I’m thinking to useRead more…

A life of running, unathletically, unwittingly, like gazelles with a spark in the grass. It started early, this flying. From myself from silence from things ending Under cold skies now, my Irish eyes open wide at last I am runningRead more…

So here’s the first poem I’m working with for Fighting for Peace. Feeling a call to make it more lyrical, but not sure I’m gonna do that. The Letter’s arrived and they’re asking you – Will you come to serveRead more…