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Essential

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 4, 2022| 6 Comments »

By now, of course,
I know things change—
the leaves of love,
the nest of grief,
the map of yes,
the certainty
of together.
But to know love,
to know yes
for even a moment
is to know it forever.

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Temple

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 8, 2020| 2 Comments »

It’s not because anything special happened.

Though I’ve sat in silence in desert canyons

and climbed iron rungs on overhanging cliffs

and sung in cathedrals and sung in snow caves

and hiked naked through juniper and

washed dishes in inner city shelters

and wandered the cobblestones of ancient villages,

today, sitting on the couch in my own house,

I finally understood with my whole body

how life puts us in the places we need to grow.

And so I made tea. And sat a while longer

with the windows open, listening to my longing

as it wove with the sound of the sprinklers and the oven fan

and I said to the moment, what do you ask of me?

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Stolen Hour

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on May 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »

 

for Danny, Wendy & Art

 

 

The breeze was warm

and the day was hot

and the shade on the porch

was generous.

It was nothing magic.

It was total magic—

each moment, each word

a spell.

We spoke of news

and poetry, we spoke

of healing and loss.

It was forgettable.
I will never forget it—

the hush of our voices,

the currents of laughter

that wound around

the trees and the willows,

surrounding us like moat.

How could we predict the moments

that shape us the most?

The dogs lying at our feet.

The summer just starting

to burn.

 

 

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One Continuous Practice

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 2, 2018| 2 Comments »

 

 

stitching my heart

to the moment

with purple string—

the moment slipping out

of every stitch

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Just After the Equinox

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

 

 

 

Out the kitchen window, my daughter

scales the cottonwood tree, winds

her way up the inner branches.

 

Feeling my eyes, she turns to smile at me,

her gaze entered by light.

The tree is bare, the buds in gray hoods,

 

though soon there will be a riot of quivering green.

So much in us still waits to arrive,

though in moments such as this,

 

there are no other moments, only this one

fluttering wild in our breast, not even trying

to balance the emptiness, with our hearts so full.

 

 

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And They Slip By, Slip By

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 20, 2012| 2 Comments »

Look what happens
given warmth
given light—

deep fields of shining bloom

and every moment
is
forever

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Let’s Meet There

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on October 21, 2011| 2 Comments »

there is a moment
like water
beaded on the icicle
just before it
drips

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