One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice – though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to [...]
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The Journey
Posted in Inspiration, Mary Oliver, Poetry on January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Today
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Miracles on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ordinary miracles begin. Somewhere a signal arrives: “Now,” and the rays come down. A tomorrow has come. Open your hands, lift them: morning rings all the doorbells; porches are cells for prayer. Religion has touched your throat. Not the same now, you could close your eyes and go on full of light. And [...]
For Free
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Music, Poetry, tagged For Free, Joni Mitchell on December 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Joni Mitchell wrote a song “For Free” many years ago. It was the song about the sax (?) player, playing on a noisy street corner. A song of how everyone passed his music by. That song left an indelible imprint, a resolve in me to take less for granted. I wanted to notice, to appreciate [...]
Suzanne
Posted in Music, Poetry, tagged Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Poems, Youtube on December 2, 2011 | 15 Comments »
I posted the lyrics to Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” a few weeks ago. Fran, one of my blog readers, reminded me of another one of his songs, “Suzanne”. Lyrics below and a youtube video from 1976 with both Leonard Cohen and Judy collins singing it. Judy Collins was my introduction to Leonard Cohen. Her earlier recordings [...]
Autumn Day: Rilke
Posted in Life, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, tagged Autumn on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lord: it is time. The huge summer has gone by. Now overlap the sundials with your shadows, and on the meadows let the wind go free. Command the fruits to swell on tree and vine, grant them a few more warm transparent days, urge them onto fulfillment then, and press the final sweetness into the [...]
Buttery Lips
Posted in elizabeth adams, Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Inspire, Poems on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I want simply to get inside the words within the words the saint’s velvet garbs say nothing of the saints themselves speak to me not of shelves or bindings where words lay but read me that first line that caught you with your breath held right there, quivering in your throat tell me how it [...]
Sea of Forgetfulness
Posted in elizabeth adams, Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Rumi, Spirituality, tagged Inspire, Poems on November 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
the sea of forgetfulness plunge yourself into these warm waters where all mistakes yours and mine are honored as the path of evolving souls trembling hearts are forever soothed here minds and bodies restored to its original perfection drink from its ancient wisdom let her sweep you into her tide pulling you in deep, then [...]
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