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Let Us Gather in the Garden

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 25, 2024| 6 Comments »

Let us gather in the garden in late July
when the snap peas are fat and sweet on the vines
and the tiny white cilantro flowers charge
 
the air with fragrant green. When the sunflowers
have not yet opened, but the cosmos are already
a riot of pinks and white and the nasturtiums
 
have erupted into spicy orange petals
and the heads of lettuce open and open
as if looking for the edges of the universe.
 
Let us gather when the onions are beginning
to swell and the kale leaves are big as elephant ears
and the basil is lush and vigorous and flourishing
 
and it’s so good to be here with our hunger,
not to consume but to be opened by goodness,
to know ourselves as part of this generous
 
plentiful land. It so good to be here
together amongst the ripening,
 to share the living blessing, to welcome
 
each other into the garden of our hearts,
to nourish the seeds of all that is to come
forming even now inside our open hands.

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Taking the Leaves Out of the Closet

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 24, 2016| 2 Comments »

 

 

 

We turn the old metal clasps beneath the table,

my brother and I, and pull the two halves apart.

It’s so easy, I think, to make more space at a table,

allowing everyone to fit. Let it be so in our hearts.

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