When Great Trees Fall


When great trees fall,50290
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall

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Anthem


The birds they sang at the break of day
"Start again", I heard them say:
Don't dwell on what has passed away
or what is yet to be.


Ah, the wars they will be fought again,

Mary Oliver for Corona Times
(Thoughts after the poem Wild Geese)


You do not have to become totally zen,
You do not have to use this isolation to make your marriage better,
your body...

Keeping Quiet https://www.awakin.org/pics/weekly/2298.jpg
Now we will all count to twelve
and we will all keep still.


This one time upon the earth,
let’s not speak any language,
let’s stop...

José Dominguez, the First Latino in Outer Space

In that very first episode
the transmission is received on the starship Enterprise
that Space Commander Dominguez urgently needs his supplies....

Carrying Our Words


We travel carrying our words.
We arrive at the ocean.
With our words we are able to speak
of the sounds of thunderous waves.
We speak of how majestic it is,
of the ocean...

October

Light in leaves in wind in sky.
Bright October brings beauty
to dead things
and the wingless learn
to fly.
Berries try to stash the summer
in their skin.
Squirrels bury food

A Man Talking To His House

I say that no one in this caravan is awake
and that while you sleep, a thief is stealing

the signs and symbols of what you thought
was your life. Now you're...

Beginners

Dedicated to the memory of Karen Silkwood and Eliot Gralla

“From too much love of living,
Hope and desire set free,
Even the weariest river
Winds somewhere to the sea -“

But we...

When Someone Deeply Listens


When someone deeply listens to you
it is like holding out a dented cup
you've had since childhood
and watching it fill up with
cold, fresh water.
When it...

New Life


Open the gate less gate
look inside and call your name
welcome whoever answers
leave outside any blame.


Remember, you are never the same

Timber


Fortunate is the hour
when you stumbled and fell down
into this.

Never stand again.
On your knees remain
where the earth is,

My Grandmother’s Hair

I wash and comb her hair
Sweep up long gray strands,
an old world bun
reminiscent of a former life
She leaves her family,
her home
her country
her language

Blessing

this is not the truth
about the end but a hint about
beginning When the Buddhahttps://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2018-01-30_09-32-25.png
had sat alone
for nearly...

A Prayer

Refuse to fall down.
If you cannot refuse to fall down,
refuse to stay down.
If you cannot refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven,
and like a hungry beggar,
ask that it...

Perhaps we are all lost a little

I miss my mother; she listened to me

Sent me Pablo Neruda’s Fully Empowered,

Hoping that I would be.

She called Sunday evenings to

Waking

A massive blue stallion rears before me 42435
out of a midnight lake of dreams

Moonlight flows
like fire along his flanks, and

an inner blaze flares
from the dark mystery of his...

A New Year’s Blessing

Unhurried mornings, greeted with gratitude;
good work for the hand, the heart and the mind;
the smile of a friend, the laughter of children;
kind words from a neighbor, a...