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2013 March/April
Poet Jane Hirshfield on the Mystery of Existence
Writer Kim Rosen raises questions about Zen, openness, and the “desperation” of the creative process.
2012 July/August
The Medicine of Poetry
“I never could connect with poetry,” Jan said. “I’m a math teacher!” She was sitting on my living room couch surrounded by piles of poetry books. On the coffee table was a stack of…
2012 July/August
"Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye
The following poem, “Kindness,” is from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, copyright © 1995. Reprinted with the permission of Far Corner Books, Portland, Or…
2012 July/August
The Incomparable Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness
The poems of Naomi Shihab Nye have an uncanny way of showing up at exactly the right moment to summon you below the surface of your life. The child of a Palestinian father and an A…
2004 June
Surprised by Grace
How often are you startled by afresh spiritual awareness — a simple and unexpected new metaphor for your life journey? Discover 'nested meditation’ and experience how wordplay can open your soul.
2010 May/June
Where Do Poems Come From?
Where do poems come from? I believe they happen when several insights come together to make an explosion. For several months I’d been reading a wonderful new translation of Lao Tzu…
2011 January/February
Poetry: Last Days
Why in the last of days does it feel the first—why is the rain always new, a ‘latter rain’?The baby’s name is Phoenix and her flameis better than the ash we visit andrevisit. Last …Tags:
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2011 July/August
Poetry: At Low Tide
At Low Tide By Nancy Willard At low tide, when Water openedher workshop, her shining hands unrolleda fabric so light I saw straight downto the loom on which it was born -- long …Tags:
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2011 November/December
Poetry: Canticle on Matthew 6 in Wartime
Canticle on Matthew 6 in Wartimeby Jennifer AtkinsConsider the missing lilies, the trees stripped of leaves and burnt, the grass trampled to dust.Consider the crows of the air, wha…Tags:
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