Tag Archive for: meditative poetry
‘Fire’ by Judy Brown
What makes a fire burn
is space between the logs,
a breathing space.
Too much of a good thing,
too many logs
packed in too tight
can douse the flames
almost as surely
as a pail of water would.
So building fires
requires attention
to…
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Wild Geese
by Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about your…
Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Buddhist scholar, environmental activist and author Joanna Macy is reading Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower". Embedded from Krista Tipett's On Being Podcast. Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower
Quiet…
L’INFINITO Giacomo Leopardi
"Always dear to me was this solitary hill
and this hedge, which, for its part,
excludes most of the horizon.
But sitting and gazing at such
endless spaces that stretch with their
profound and serene silences,
my wandering thoughts
nearly…
Inspirations
W.A. Mozart
John Cage
Adrienne Rich
Coco Chanel
MOMA
Berlin Philharmonic
silk Japanese kimonos
Jim Jarmush
David Bowie
BAUHAUS
Marina Abramovic
Jackson Pollock
Jagoda Buic
Marcel Proust
kindness
dancing
nature
silence