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Sweet peppers grow in a pot on our front walk. They are still blooming. We still harvest. The peppers themselves for salads. The insights for reminder of simple things on a Wednesday.
I wish
to be
at peace
in the every day
of the every day
and in the the great flowing
of it all.
In the stillness.
In the movement.
In the clarity.
In the complexity.
I wish
to be
in utter peace,
base-lined
to joy,
sun-kissed
in all of it.
The last two mornings I’ve enjoyed front porch clarity. It’s sitting at our small bistro table. With coffee. With journal. With laptop. It’s friendly waves with a few passers-by on their 7:00 walks and jogs. It’s easy low 70s temperature, before the afternoon 90s come calling. It’s appreciating simple things. Like this blooming sunflower.
And then a few words, from my poetic heart, that is so much medium for my clarity and joy.
Greetings in your day.
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Perhaps
it is time for me,
maybe for you too,
to claim a next layer
of life and vocational simplicity.
Perhaps
it is the time for me,
maybe for you too,
to follow the night dreams
of ancestor guidance.
Perhaps
it is the time for me,
maybe for you too,
to welcome a next layer
of life’s abundant joy and wisdom.
This morning I sit, just for a little, on my front porch.
This morning, a simple morning, I crave settling.
This morning I sit, mesmerized just a little, by peppers in sunlight.
This morning, a simple morning, stillness it is.
In recent offering of my poetry, I shared that “most of my poetry is a response to a question that I’m wanting to understand or sometimes answer.”
This poem below is included in Most Mornings. “Moved” was a response to my questions about transitions. The kids getting older. Noting how things got different.
And then taking the personal to the universal. Naming that it is important for any of us to notice that we are meant to move our spirits, our souls. To be in transition. And to claim what inspires us, what we are “moved” to be.
Enjoy.
Moved
The kids are gone now.
Moved to their young-adult lives.
Partnered with people and with life.
Geographied more distantly.
Exploring life, as I”d always wished for them.
What once was semi-regular morning squeals of delight,
jumping on the bed,
has become periodic evening phone calls,
sharing questions or stories of learning from the day.
There comes a time,
when most of us need to face,
or confront,
or evolved,
who we are now moved to be.
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Gifts of Circle is 30 short essays divided into 4 sections: 1) Circle's Bigger Purpose, 2) Circle's Practice, 3) Circle's First Requirements, and 4) Circle's Possibility for Men. From the Introduction: "Circle is what I turn to in the most comprehensive stories I know -- the stories of human beings trying to be kind and aware together, trying to make a difference in varied causes for which we need to go well together. Circle is also what I turn to in the most immediate needs that live right in front of me and in front of most of us -- sharing dreams and difficulties, exploring conflicts and coherences. Circle is what I turn to. Circle is what turns us to each other."
Question Cards is an accompanying tool to Gifts of Circle. Each card (34) offers a quote from the corresponding chapter in the book, followed by sample questions to grow your Circle hosting skills and to create connection, courage, and compassionate action among groups you host in Circle.
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In My Nature is a collection of 10 poems. From A Note of Beginning: "This collection of poems arises from the many conversations I've been having about nature. Nature as guide. Nature as wild. Nature as organized. I remain a human being that so appreciates a curious nature in people. That so appreciates questions that pick fruit from inner being, that gather insights and intuitions to a basket, and then brings the to table to be enjoyed and shared over the next week."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in In My Nature. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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Most Mornings is a collection of 37 poems. I loved writing them. From the introduction: "This collection of poems comes from some of my sense-making that so often happens in the morning, nurtured by overnight sleep. The poems sample practices. They sample learnings. They sample insights and discoveries. They sample dilemmas and concerns."
This set of Note Cards (8 cards + envelopes) quotes a few favorite passages from poems in Most Mornings. I offer them as inspiration. And leave room for you to write personal notes.
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