"Being a Person", by William Stafford
Be a person here. Stand by the river, invoke the owls. Invoke winter, then spring. Let any season that wants to come here make its own...
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Aug 28, 20181 min read
"At Blackwater Pond", by Mary Oliver
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 23, 20181 min read
"Time for Serenity, Anyone?", by William Stafford
I like to live in the sound of water, in the feel of mountain air. A sharp reminder hits me: this world is still alive, it stretches out...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jun 5, 20181 min read
"My Species", by Jane Hirshfield
even a small purple artichoke boiled in its own bittered and darkening waters grows tender, grows tender and sweet patience, I...
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susanalabordeblaj
Apr 23, 20181 min read
"Poppies", by Mary Oliver
The poppies send up their orange flares; swaying in the wind, their congregations are a levitation of bright dust, of thin and lacy...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 24, 20181 min read
Rainer Maria Rilke: "I,1"
The hour is striking so close above me, so clear and sharp, that all my senses ring with it. I feel it now: there's a power in me to...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 2, 20171 min read
"Zazen on Ching-t'ing Mountain", by Li Po
The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 20, 20171 min read
"Landscape", by Mary Oliver
Landscape Mary Oliver Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that they have no tongues, could lecture all day if they wanted about ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 19, 20171 min read
"Enough...", by David Whyte
Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 11, 20171 min read
"Upstream" excerpt, by Mary Oliver
Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a vapor. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me,...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jun 1, 20171 min read
"Mysteries, Yes", by Mary Oliver
MYSTERIES, YES by Mary Oliver, from Evidence (Beacon Press) Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass...
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susanalabordeblaj
May 22, 20171 min read
"Lost" by David Wagoner
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...
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susanalabordeblaj
May 9, 20171 min read
"I would love to live..." by John O'Donohue
I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. From Anam Cara A Book Of Celtic Wisdom Join my...
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susanalabordeblaj
May 3, 20171 min read
"Late, by myself...", by Jalaluddin Rumi
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm...
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susanalabordeblaj
Apr 29, 20171 min read
"Not Knowing...", by Emily Dickinson
Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door; Or has it feathers like a bird, Or billows like a shore? #emilydickinson #poetry
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susanalabordeblaj
Apr 12, 20171 min read
"The Lost Thought", by Emily Dickinson
I felt a clearing in my mind As if my brain had split; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 10, 20171 min read
"For Belonging", by John O'Donohue
For Belonging May you listen to your longing to be free. May the frames of your belonging be generous enough for your dreams. My you...
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susanalabordeblaj
Feb 17, 20171 min read
A Blessing "For Solitude", by John O'Donohue
For Solitude May you recognize in your life the presence, power and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jan 10, 20171 min read
"A Morning Offering" by John O'Donohue
I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 27, 20162 min read
"Beannacht" (Blessing), by John O'Donohue
On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze...
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