Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have … Read more
Too Alone by Ranier Maria Rilke From Rilke’s Book Of Hours translated by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy I’m too alone in the world, yet not alone enough to make each hour holy I’m too small in the world, yet not small enough to be simply in your presence, like a thing— just as it … Read more
This was shared here on the blog by Laurie, back in May of 2007. She is also known as Libra Moon and is a poet and visionary of the highest order. Blessings to you, Laurie. ~ B. In the garden rags and broken bits, trailing paper ribbons, shards and excrement, weave a picture, a scene … Read more
A Night-Rain in Summer by James Henry Leigh Hunt Open the window, and let the air Freshly blow upon face and hair, And fill the room, as it fills the night, With the breath of the rain’s sweet might. Hark! the burthen, swift and prone! And how the odorous limes are blown! Stormy Love’s abroad, … Read more
Rice By Mary Oliver It grew in the black mud. It grew under the tiger’s orange paws. Its stems thicker than candles, and as straight. Its leaves like the feathers of egrets, but green. The grains cresting, wanting to burst. Oh, blood of the tiger. I don’t want you to just sit at the table. … Read more
Found on the incomparable Joanna Macy’s website. Blessings! A Warrior Has No Safety Net by Kirstin George I walk on the precarious edge of the new and the old, wanting to shed the locks and lies of a mechanical world, eager to dive into the smooth cool water of abundant life. ********* I am young, … Read more
The title of Byron’s poem was the quote bestowed on my mother in her high school yearbook. I would say they got it just exactly right. You are never far from my heart, but I always think of you when I hear this poem, Mom. I am especially thinking of you today. With love and … Read more
The May Queen is Waiting ~ Ruth Barrett (A huge thanks to Sierra C. for correcting this attribution that now makes SO much more sense!) The new earth quickens as you rise. The May Queen is waiting. Feel the pulsing ground call you to journey, To know the depths of your desire. The May Queen … Read more
Psalm 46 from Earth Psalms, a gorgeous, must-have, Earth-based reclaiming of the King James translation of the Psalms, by Angela Magara The Goddess is our sanctuary; Her embrace holds us night and day. We can be unafraid in the earthquake and Comforted in the hurricane knowing we are not alone. She is the river of … Read more
Hymn of the Forests by Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) We are the harps which the winds play, A myriad tones in one vast sound That the earth hearkens night and day– A ceaseless music swaying round The whole wide world, each voiceful tree Echoing the wave-chants of the sea. For even as inland waves that … Read more