Yes, just like that,       one day          you'll fall toward me, and I'll fall      toward you. just like the                 apple, and the                   earth. & I'll tell you this, where we … Continue reading When You Fall

Ellen Bass The World Has Need of You everything here seems to need us… —Rilke I can hardly imagine it as I walk to the lighthouse, feeling the ancient prayer of my arms swinging in counterpoint to my feet. Here I am, suspended between the sidewalk and twilight, the sky dimming so fast it seems … Continue reading Ellen Bass – The World Has Need of You

So much yes here for me! I am not suggesting anything here - but there's stoicism here, and zen - and I have learned so much there, in the darkest hours of my being I hope to remember these teaching! I never want to shy away from grief and my loneliness, but my sweet Mary is also … Continue reading Mary Oliver – The Poet with His Face in His Hands

Matthew Dickman Grief When grief comes to you as a purple gorilla you must count yourself lucky. You must offer her what’s left of your dinner, the book you were trying to finish you must put aside, and make her a place to sit at the foot of your bed, her eyes moving from the … Continue reading Matthew Dickman – Grief

  Lawrence Ferlinghetti The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind happiness not always being so very much fun if you don't mind a touch of hell now and then just when everything is fine because even in heaven they don't sing all the time The world is a … Continue reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti – [The world is a beautiful place]