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The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest

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The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest

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“The Gods Are Here” This is no mountain But a house, No rock of solitude But a family chair, No wilds But life appearing As life anywhere domesticated, Yet I know the gods are here, And that if I touch them I will arise And take majesty into the kitchen.” ― Jean Toomer The Gods […]

Wherever You Are Is Called Here: Poetry from David Wagoner

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Wherever You Are Is Called Here: Poetry from David Wagoner

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Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may […]

It’s Poetry Month! Writing, Reading, Teaching and Sharing Poetry

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It’s Poetry Month! Writing, Reading, Teaching and Sharing Poetry

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True confession: I haven’t always been a poetry lover. When I was younger I collected poems, intrigued by the connection I felt with a complete stranger’s expression of my emotions. I copied poem after poem into spiral notebooks, savoring every word. And in college, I fell in love with Blake and Dickinson and Maya Angelou […]

All That Glorious, Temporary Stuff: Poetry By Mary Oliver

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All That Glorious, Temporary Stuff: Poetry By Mary Oliver

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Meditation, so I’ve heard, is best accomplished if you entertain a certain strict posture. Frankly, I prefer just to lounge under a tree. So why should I think I could ever be successful? Some days I fall asleep, or land in that even better place – half-asleep – where the world, spring, summer, autumn, winter […]

Learn To Do Everything Lightly: Words From Aldous Huxley

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Learn To Do Everything Lightly: Words From Aldous Huxley

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” It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So […]