A Breath Away
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Astonishment may be the only appropriate response to the experience of being alive....
What we see, hear, and feel in the world around us
is just a step away, just a breath away,
from immersion in amazement.
Wording The World
Ride Into The Day
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I often enjoy an early morning walk to start the day and especially so when I am in a place near the beauty of nature. This provides me mindful moments, an opportunity to connect with myself, and restore my balance with the world before the demands and desires of the day steal my attention. This is also a good time for me to dictate my intent for the day, which, like today, while on the south bay bike path near the Doubletree Hotel in Burlingame, often becomes a poem.
Read MoreAppointment
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On occasion, my writing takes me deep into a spiritual realm and I am shy to share it because I have no religious credentials and no spiritual affiliation to cite as a source. Perhaps I drink from the same well as the mystic poets, Rumi or Hafiz...or perhaps it is because I have an appointment...
Read MoreBearing Witness
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Chinese New Year comes with the new moon on February 8th. I wrote this poem just before the Western New Year in December, 2015, but it seems even more appropriate for the Chinese Holiday!
Read MoreApollo Smitten
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Apollo Smitten is a poetic ode to the classic story of unrequited love from the Greek myth of Apollo and his pursuit of Daphne
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