Poetry and Other Symbols that Guide

That’s Flow Game cards above, on a bookshelf in my home office. The cards are my most-used guidance system these days. A card here and there. Sometimes several deliberately over time. I’m drawing a weekly card these days. To give depth and strategy to my current program offerings and to my current inner development. Talk to me about these. I can offer some structured use of the game to guide a question of importance for you or your team.

That’s also two of my poetry books. Most Mornings (CentreSpoke 2022) and In My Nature (CentreSpoke 2023). They also guide me. Poetic expression guides. In its simplicity. Both are available on Amazon. Thx for reads. Or for orders as gifts to others seeking thoughtful path. Talk to me about these also. These days I’m integrating poetry much more in my workshops.

That’s also a walnut cup holding a tea candle, recently given to me by my good buddy Roq. Roq and I have been learning together now for 17 years. Our conversations guide. The wonder of the inner, and, the taking steps in the outer. Well, talk to me about this also. There is helpful pattern in friendship over the years.

That’s a wooden carving of a “grandma and a grandpa” from a trip I took to Korea in the mid 80s. The trip changed me. The memory of that trip guides me. As does the memory that is my grandparents. Talk to me about this also. Relationship with those that guided is rather fruitful.

I’m glad for all of these symbols and memories. I’m glad to be in regular connection and path with colleagues, clients, fellow writers, family, memories, community, dear ones.

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Gifts of Circle - Question Cardsasd
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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