Primary Wonder, Age Three
Primary Wonder, Age Three Walking with our granddaughter Whispering and waving Our wings Sniffing for bats. What do you smell …
Category Archives: Poetry
Peace in the Midst of Chaos
Is it possible to find peace in the midst of chaos? An early Chinese poet asks and answers this question. …
Into the Flow, Bringing the Mountain Top into Market Place
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat, Revised
“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road, tawny skin pulled taut across …
Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
Primary Wonder & A Bell Awakened – Two By Levertov
The whole purpose of life, of this extraordinary experience in being, is to be awake to the wonder and mystery …
Whitman – Where the Sensual & Soulful Merge
Walt Whitman is indeed that poet who sings the body electric, who shows how the sensual and the soulful mirror …
Happy Valentines Day – Celebrating Lasting Love
I’m reprinting a post I wrote two years ago, the first to be Freshly Pressed. Hope you enjoy it. They …
Blogging A Trail of Bread Crumbs – 2014 Recap
Blog posts are like a trail of bread crumbs leading you back through a misty past. They tell you where …
A Cranky Reader: What I Crave When I Read Poetry
I was invited to write a guest blog post about poetry on Luanne Castle’s Writer Site. The following was first …
