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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
Featured Poetry

Lina Buividavičiūtė – A Housewife’s Opus Magnum

October 30, 2022October 27, 2022 Nicholas Trandahl

Lithuanian poet Lina Buividavičiūtė's prose poem "A Housewife's Opus Magnum" reveals a holiness discovered in simplicity and domesticity.

Tagged domesticity, God, holiness, Meditation, Poem, poet, Poetry, prose poem, Simplicity, work, ZenLeave a comment
Featured Poetry

Lawrence Bridges – The Fresh Fulcrum

November 21, 2021November 19, 2021 Nicholas Trandahl

In the broadest sense, Lawrence Bridge's The Fresh Fulcrum is a stream-of-consciousness snapshot of a person working outside in nature.

Tagged chaos, character, nature, outdoors, Poem, poet, Poetry, stream of consciousness, thought, workLeave a comment
Ranier Maria Rilke by Gerhard Richter
Book Bits

Rilke and the Labors of Love

April 2, 2021March 24, 2023 Vanessa Able

Rilke stresses the importance of work in relationship and cautions against the youthful fancy that romance is the domain of play and pleasure.

Tagged Advice, coupling, Experience, love, maturity, Relationships, workLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

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- POETRY-

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