How do we maintain our center, courage and attitudinal resilience in these chaotic political and social times? Here is a poem below that may help. It does not shy away from any of the difficulties or fierce facts we are facing. It was the cornerstone poem I used at a gathering of kindred spirits at…
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Like many, I’ve been increasingly stressed, depressed and upset over our current social and political environment. (I’ll get to how poetry can help us be more centered, calm, and effective in just a moment.) But first, here is my question: How can I help address the darkness and turmoil of our current social and political…
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As I write this, I’m thinking of all those times I’ve scanned a room or auditorium for evidence… Like a hound dog, I cock my head sideways and listen carefully. Then get down low and sniff for the scent of wonder. I search for “ah-ha” moments anywhere they lurk. I tell you; people get the…
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Once upon a time, Badger threatened to take the sun hostage. He hissed, “The others must pay if the sun is ever to rise again.” “My ideas are destined,” said Badger. “It’s simply the free market working its magic,” he proclaimed. The talks proceeded well until Wolf’s voice grew low, stern and steady. All he…
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Is this essay for you? Here’s how to decide. These words are especially dedicated to the politically depressed, dejected and dispirited… otherwise known as many of my friends, colleagues, and acquaintances in 2018. Of course, I can’t read your mind, but if you could read my thoughts and feelings, you would find a strange combination of anxiety, fear and hope brewing…
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Suffice it to say, my sweetheart and I did not fall in love at the same pace. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a huge difference and thankfully for me, things evened up fairly quickly. But there was a time when that was not so. In fact, the timing during those early days after we…
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It wasn’t mean or intentional. No one set out to deprive you or anyone else the considerable benefits of poetry in your work and personal life. No one set out to marginalize poetry, by sending it off to some obscure and threadbare room in your mind where you rarely go. Or if you do go…
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We are entering a new more truth-centered era in our professional and political lives. And no, I’m not on mind-altering drugs. I have been savoring some mind-altering poems. And now seeing these poems in a fresh new light, I can appreciate more deeply, their ability to change minds, hearts and eventually whole nations and worlds. “No!…
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