Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Autumn, Faith, Grace, Inspire, Surrender, Trust on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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It does not astonish or make us angry that it takes a
whole year to bring into the house three great white
peonies and two pale blue iris. It seems altogether
right and appropriate that these glories are earned
with long patience and faith. . . . and also that it is
altogether right and appropriate that they cannot [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Poetry, elizabeth adams, tagged Autumn, Consciousness, Inspire, Nature, Poems, Trees on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a blustery autumn day today
the last of the maples
the cherries and the stately alders
releasing their leaves
they compel me to set free
the old that hangs on
in favor of what newness
may blossom
from my limbs
©heartsdeesire
Posted in Life, Poetry, tagged Autumn, Grief, Jane Hirshfield, Poems on October 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One Sand Grain Among The Others in Winter Wind
I wake with my hand held over the place of grief in my body.
“Depend on nothing,” the voice advises, but even that is useless.
My ears are useless, my familiar and intimate tongue.
My protecting hand is useless, that wants to hold the single leaf to the tree
and say, [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Autumn, Fall, Poems, William Stafford on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pods of summer crowd around the door;
I take them in the autumn of my hands.
Last night I heard the first cold wind outside;
the wind blew soft, and yet I shiver twice:
Once for thin walls, once for the sound of time.
~William Stafford~
The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems
