“The Mountain of My Love” – Poem by Hayden Carruth
In the graduation speech that went viral last year, George Saunders wrote: “Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more …
Category Archives: Poetry
Downward into Darkness on Extended Wings
Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …
Song from a Dream – “My Queen’s Soul Lies Naked”
My dreams have always been enticingly rich and evocative. Often it’s as if I’m watching an elaborate film in gorgeous …
The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light
A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …
In Limbo, While Live Lambs Burn
I won’t be writing here for awhile. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. I’ve started several blog posts but can’t finish …
Easter and Earth Day – “O Sweet Irrational Worship”
A timely blending to celebrate Easter and Earth Day by poet, monk, and mystic, Thomas Merton. O Sweet Irrational Worship …
Self Portrait – “Melt into that Fierce Heat of Living”
Self Portrait by David Whyte It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to …
“Thou Art That” – Part IV, “Some Tragic Falling Off”
Milton’s great theme in Paradise Lost is the fall and redemption of humanity. This too can be seen as “some …
A Poet’s “Sense Sublime” – Part III, “Some Tragic Falling Off”
Language is that which gives rise to difference, to the desire for difference, and, at the same time, the desire …
“Some Tragic Falling Off” into Difference and Desire
I’ve been thinking a lot about desire and loss lately and remembering a paper I wrote exploring this topic. It …
