According to Joseph Fasano, care for one's soul is a multi-dimensional, deeply humane, and reverential process.
Tag: Compassion
Max Nobis – Sweetness Defined
Cleveland poet Max Nobis unspools an ode to Helen, a figure of radiance and mirth, an avatar worthy of adoration.
Joy Sullivan – Sister
Joy Sullivan's poem on the lived sense of healing while being held in another person's deep, loving attention.
A New Way to Live: The Living Tradition of Experience
What is the source of inner peace and deep contentment that is hidden like a treasure but imminent and accessible to all?
Ellen Bass – If You Knew
What if you knew you'd be the last to touch someone? Ellen Bass draws us in to the brief moments of contact that fill our day and urges us to consider the fleeting nature of every life we meet.
Arvilla Fee – A Serengeti Cornfield
Seasoned with gratitude and appreciation, the imagery evoked in Arvilla Fee's "A Serengeti Cornfield" sticks to the ribs.
Ashley Capps – Kindly
Love of life is the animating force behind all living things; each moment we decide to give or withhold love is an emergency for someone.
Tess Gallagher – Choices
When we have the capacity to hold back and turn away from the harm we might do.
Laura Fargas – Kuan Yin
This ode to the Bodhisattva of Compassion casts her as a person in the world, who could be one or many.
Amanda Niamh Dawson – Prayer for a Mantis
An encounter with a praying mantis on a doorstep becomes a lesson in compassion and gratitude in Amanda Niamh Dawson's "Prayer for a Mantis".