Evolution Entwined with Love
I like to think this all has meaning, this grand scope of things from the birth of stars to the …
Category Archives: Love
A Kind of Love: How the Cup Holds Tea
I’ve been thinking about this poem ever since I found it on The Vale of the Soul-Making. The way ordinary …
Never Say “Never Again” Unless We Mean It
. . . because to do so would be meaningless. And perhaps it’s meaningless already. I wrote a post with …
Bearing Witness, Refusing to Turn Away, Again
How many times must we do this? Does it ever stop? The earthquakes, floods, and fires. The wars. Ukraine last …
The Desire for a Higher Lovemaking
I was struck by the phrase “a desire for a higher lovemaking” when reading Goethe’s poem “The Holy Longing.” It …
Dreaming Roses, Beauty Past Knowing
My roses are spent already this summer, and I miss them. Another summer not long ago I spend a day …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, A Poem
Hot Hills in Summer Heat I watch them every summer, the hot hills Crouched like a lion beside the road, …
In Some Poetic Sense, Flowers Invented Love
Flowers are on my mind, after the super-bloom outing last month, after reading The Language of Flowers for book club, …
To All Those Missing Their Mothers on Mother’s Day
Farewell Letter to My Son She wrote me a letterafter her deathand I remembera kind of happy lightfalling on the …
Behind All Art is an Element of Desire—Adrienne Rich
Behind all art is an element of desire.Love of life, of existence, love ofanother human being, love ofhuman beings is …
