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Category: Poetry

Jane Hirshfield
Poetry

Jane Hirshfield – For What Binds Us

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Vanessa Able

What it is that brings us together, binds our relationships and heals our wounds, even beyond the limits of our own agency?

Tagged forces, gravity, love, Poem, proud flesh, relationship, scars, woundsLeave a comment
Dewdrop
Poetry

Ziyong Chengru – Ten Verses

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Vanessa Able

Chinese Nun Ziyong Chengru on the pain of parting and how to draw solace from the cyclical nature of time and landscape.

Tagged Chan, Chinese Zen, Compassion, cycles, faith, grief, impermanence, journey, loss, nature, Poetry, Travel, ZenLeave a comment
Kahlil Gibran
Poetry

Kahlil Gibran – Fear

January 19, 2023January 16, 2023 Vanessa Able

Kahlil Gibran's poem on the fear of dissipation is a call to faith, to trust in the oceanic nature of the life-manifesting force.

Tagged becoming, Death, faith, Fear, ocean, Poetry, river, trust2 Comments
Poetry

Naomi Shihab Nye – Burning the Old Year

January 1, 2023December 31, 2022 Vanessa Able

Naomi Shihab Nye's poem for the New Year is reminiscent of the tradition of 'Año Nuevo' in some Latin American countries.

Tagged Fire, letting go, new year, Poetry, regret, relinquishment, tradition1 Comment
Poetry

Sandra M. Castillo – Christmas, 1970

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Vanessa Able

Cuban-born Sandra M. Castillo writes about her first Christmas in the United States, when she was just eight years old.

Tagged grief, home, Homesickness, Immigration, loss, memory, PoetryLeave a comment
Billy Collins
Poetry

Billy Collins – Shoveling Snow With Buddha

November 30, 2022December 1, 2022 Vanessa Able

Collins' outlandish and endearing image of the Buddha's wholehearted snow shoveling, with thoughts of hot chocolate and an imminent game of cards.

Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, Humor, Practice, sacred, snow, winter, work1 Comment
Poetry

Wendell Berry – To Know The Dark

November 18, 2022November 17, 2022 Vanessa Able

Berry's poem is a reminder that to truly know darkness and its divine power, we need the courage to step into and leave the light behind.

Tagged dark, Darkness, Fear, Knowing, liminal space, night3 Comments
Derek Walcott
Poetry

Derek Walcott – Love After Love

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Vanessa Able

A gentle and joyful invitation to intimacy and love towards ourselves by Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott.

Tagged Compassion, love, self-love, self-reflectionLeave a comment
Jack Gilbert
Poetry

Jack Gilbert – Going There

January 29, 2022December 23, 2022 Vanessa Able

The mythology of failure, especially in love, is a frequent motif in Jack Gilbert's poetry.

Tagged failure, loss, love, pain, Poetry, regret, RelationshipsLeave a comment
Jane Hirshfield
Poetry

Jane Hirshfield – All The Difficult Hours and Minutes

September 22, 2021March 8, 2023 Vanessa Able

In Hirshfield's poem, calamity turns to calmness when things turn into themselves, a principle that goes to the heart of transformative practice.

Tagged Buddhism, calamity, calmness, difficulty, humanity, Meditation, Poetry, Suffering, time, ZenLeave a comment
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