creating change without shouting
I am not sure we can hear and see what we really need in the rush and noise. Sure, we might find answers to the immediate issues of today. Yet do they have the wisdom of time and space? Pause and step into the quiet with this poem from the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda: KEEPING … Read more
More than usual, this week, time seems to have fashioned a particularly elastic quality. Drawing tight to remind me that each moment is precious. While also opening wide and shrugging off boundaries with a sense of eternity. And we live in the messy and unpredictable in-between, with its associated sense of disorientation and ephemeral opportunities. … Read more
I love the way poetry can ask questions we wouldn’t know how to frame. And the way words plant seeds that sprout in unexpected places. Blooming in colours we weren’t anticipating. Yet I guess we need to be open to exploring these different dimensions of wholeness because it doesn’t come to order. Allison Joseph’s poem … Read more
Recently I encountered the lovely poem by William Stafford, The Way It Is. His words enable me to see more clearly the weave of our lives. And his insights encourage me to keep hold of the thread, which at times feels almost ephemeral. THE WAY IT IS There’s a thread you follow. It goes amongthings … Read more
There are times, especially when things are far from clear, when the carefully clipped words of prose simply don’t fit. They try to cast a line that isn’t there or feels entirely out of place – alien certitude in a sea of emotion. This is when poetry is the only voice – at least for … Read more