Poetry
& Other Writings
Ah, not to be cut off,
not through the slightest partition
shut out from the law of the stars.
The inner — what is it?
if not the intensified sky,
hurled through with birds and deep
with the winds of homecoming.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Perspectives - Conversations - Understandings - Inspiration - Insight - Dialogue - Poetry
The Only Poem
Read time: < 1 minute This is the only poem
I can read
I am the only one
can write it
Holy Insomnia
Read time: < 1 minute There are those who sleep; and there are those who are called to dwell in the divine in-between. They go by many names: Monks, Poets, Artists, Writers, Singers, Nuns, Parents, the Sick; all those who sit upon the edges, the sacred company of holy insomniacs; ghosts…
Messenger
Read time: < 1 minute My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand…
On the Road, two…
Read time: 3 minutes Talking this morning, a lot, your gift to me, a shared discovery / in the midst of Not Knowing, All in its own Way, beautifully / reflected moments arising out of openness, showing up, / a small taste, love given, yourself, Being, in-seeing…
On the Road, one…
Read time: 3 minutes Fell down a rabbit hole
again, a couple days ago,
mind like a mad hatter, filled
with clashing illusions…
None of the stories real,
however much I believe
they are, which maybe,
at the moment, I don’t…
Woman
Read time: < 1 minute In the old ways
we were always
dying for her love,
living alone for his.
Something may have
been born into eternity
out of such a union,
But that way is past,
and now a new way
must be found…
Waiting…
Read time: < 1 minute Waiting…
for someone,
something,
myself,
this painful core,
to burst forth,
set me free,
and reveal a direction
that moves me
along…
This Perennial Urge
Read time: < 1 minute Believing in her spirit and her
courage to be free, I once again
become this lone heart bursting forth,
like a vast tree leafing into spring…
In the Light of Mountain Desert Nights
Read time: 2 minutes Out of Nothing, Everything,
Awareness Dancing with itself,
Singing into Creation
Myriad unfolding Ways,
Life in Love with Being…
A Great Wagon
Read time: 2 minutes Listen
When I see your face, the stones start spinning!
You appear; all studying wanders.
I lose my place.
Water turns pearly.
Fire dies down and doesn’t destroy.
In your presence I don’t want what I thought
I wanted, those three little hanging lamps…
LOOKING FOR COMPANY IN LARGER & DEEPER WAYS
Arhats, Bodhisattvas, Friends, Wanderers, Nurturers, Healers, Warriors, Seekers & Others…
What Is MOST Important To You NOW…?
A Spiraling Journey Of Deepening, Broadening Movements…?
Sharing Experience, Familiarity & What Is Reaching To Come Through,
Within These Larger Terrains of Source, Silence & Awareness…?
A New Weaving Perhaps…?
If there become enough serious inquiries from sensible, experienced and/or truly motivated individuals
a virtual meetup is possible.
For people located in Southern Oregon a physical meetup is possible.
All Genuine Traditions, Experiences, Commitments, Spiritual Languages & Perspectives Welcome.
Do you realize that what is calling through us is also calling to itself in each of us, and that we and all life are actually on One Whole Journey together…?
Would you like some company in these ways…?
Well then this invite is for you...
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If you believe you are a "teacher" this invite may not be for you...
A tricky balance yes, for it can sometimes be helpful to appear in such ways, in specific circumstances…
The crucial difference being of course, who is it you leave people with…
We are neither teachers, students nor followers… Instead people familiar and comfortable with their own unique ways, and who also seek companions in some of our larger common ways…
