Beautiful in its glory, the mask as thin as gossamer as fragile as the mist rolls in, as vagueness is its glory; the child leaves the hospital without a mark upon her but the cipher of her living is the mark she carries in her and she staggers as though broken, she's the standing-stone forever: …
Better to travel with someone who is looking for God than with someone who has found him.
Today unlike other Thanksgiving holidays I find myself alone. The day began in silence, shrouded in fog from the eastern seaboard; it passed quietly in a town whose shopdoors shut tightly against profit and house doors opened wide in favor of family; and ended in fog from the eastern seaboard, backlit in a dusty red, …
since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry –the best gesture of my brain …
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear not fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my …
i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth day of …
"I feel like an empty tornado inside with nothing to tornado about and then it starts to rain on my tornado and it rains for years…" ~ Isabela, age 10 Yesterday – or was it the day before? – winds from Alberta met winds from the Gulf, somewhere over the plains, at the heart of …
By heaven and the night star! And what shall teach thee which is the night star? The piercing star. Over every soul there is a watcher… We find ourselves through an effort of discovery. That we are all born into this life, with years of uncovering to follow, is simple, and fact. The events in …
As though an apple fell on my head I stopped what I was doing looked up Oh – it's you Sometimes a prayer is answered before the words are said; but since you were not listening you say them anyway The apple falls when the earth calls for its seed Oh, it is you And …
I was recently asked to step into a new space in the blogosphere. This journal was originally created to track the progress of me and my friend Manny along our third-eye-opening trek through India; when we returned, there was enough literary momentum — and plenty of lessons being offered by the world right here close …
Of course, the reason all those beverages and treats are such a hit (in terms of popularity) is that they are really are a hit (in terms of physiology). So the veins and the various systems of the body open their mouths wide to suck it in, the charge is lit, the buzz is immediate… …
My younger brother is a musician and mathematician, an adventurer whose inquiries lead him to landscapes most people would never dream existed, much less find themselves exploring them. It isn't enough to walk along planar geometries and simple proofs — that would be to walk in the Garden without admiring the flowers. The walk is …