Deja Carr, poet and musician, creates a altar to gratitude and mixed blessings with her "We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You".
Tag: Gratitude
Elias Tucker – Corona del Mar
Emerging poet Elias Tucker offers much more than a love poem with his "Corona del Mar". He offers praise and gratitude to God.
Joe Martyn Ricke – Thanksgiving (A Camino Poem)
Texas poet and singer/songwriter Joe Martyn Ricke's "Thanksgiving (A Camino Poem)" is both a poem and a prayer.
Patrick Trombly – Betsy
Re-emerging poet Patrick Trombly wakes us up and smears us with light and disarray with his postmodern poem "Betsy".
James Crews – Winter Morning
The art of gratitude is the art of paying attention, and when we incline our minds toward gratitude, gratitude blossoms.
(The Japanese Art of Naikan, and) Thanking Our Mitochondria
Gregg Krech directs gratitude to some of the most essential and overlooked entities in our lives - thank you, tiny, hard-working mitochondria!
Arvilla Fee – A Serengeti Cornfield
Seasoned with gratitude and appreciation, the imagery evoked in Arvilla Fee's "A Serengeti Cornfield" sticks to the ribs.
‘How Can I Best Serve the World?’: Brother David Steindl-Rast on Finding Our True Vocation
Brother David on doing what you love, being aware of your gifts, and bringing your best self to the table.
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".
B.R. Wilder – Oh Mother, do not give me bliss
To be filled with gratitude for life and experience in its entirety--that is the meaning conveyed in B.R. Wilder's poem "Oh Mother, do not give me bliss".