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Poetry Guides — A Simple Story

It was Delta Flight 2800 ten days ago. Salt Lake City to Dallas Fort Worth. Seat 10F. The flight was delayed several times, originally departing 10:40 am. Eventually departed 4:00 pm. Late enough in the day to catch sunset as we got close to Dallas. It was a day of a lot of moving parts. And patience. And working at the airport. And taking breaths — in the spirit of “why not enjoy it.”

I love the horizon view. Seen and scene through the airplane window. It’s natural to pause when seeing such a horizon. Moves my heart. Creates focus. Shares beauty.

If you’ve been reading this blog over the last two years, you’ll know that relationship with Sweetheart Dana is a tremendously compelling horizon. What a thing to live out our lives together. To live out our love together. To live out our choices together.

Often, my health and well-being grows through poetry. Some read. Some written. I’m one that needs and is inspired by the simple stories. Recently, I wrote it this way, affirming the compelling light of love.

One simple story 
centers and grounds
many big stories.

This I know,
and need.

“I just love you so much,” 
she smiled,
when I asked for the simple story now.

This I know,
and need.

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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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