Category: mystic poetry
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The Ella Wheeler Wilcox Top 30 Countdown
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1850-1919, was an American poet and mystic, one of the two poets I can find who was labelled as Poet Laureate of Humanity, the other being Rumi. As Rumi is today, she was known to be the most read poet in America in her time. There is much to find about her […]
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September 30, 2006: Massacre. September 29, 1960: Tenzin Gyatsu’s prayer.
May I become at all times, both now and forever A protector for those without protection A guide for those have lost their way A ship for those with oceans to cross A bridge for those with rivers to cross A sanctuary for those in danger A lamp for those without […]
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I am sorry you had to leave Reine
in response to Linda Ronstadt singing Roy Orbison’s “Blue Bayou” alongside a Dag Hol painting of Reine, Lofoten, when unfinished I am sorry you had to leave Reine You could not stay with me, a middle-aged woman of the fjord, who from birth […]
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The Gifts of Donald Hall: "Retriever"
_____ by Donald Hall Retriever Two days after Jane died I walked with our dog Gus on New Canada Road under birchy green […]