“The Wish to Be Generous” is a wonderful poem by Wendell Berry, a fine Kentuckian, who writes about land, farming, and life, among other things. I came across this particular poem in my Los Poblanos CSA newsletter, back in December. I am honored to be participating in a very generous project initiated by artist Patricia [...]
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the wish to be generous
Posted in collaboration, poetry, spiritual on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
busyness
Posted in poetry on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I pulled this image from a NY Times piece months ago. Today, every day, lately, too much busyness, not enough time for the things I love most… Art, garden, friends, kindness. How does this happen? This poem, by Mary Oliver, sums it up: The Old Poets of China Wherever I am, the world comes after [...]
Dark Enough
Posted in poetry on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This past Saturday, we (meaning myself and my ever-patient spouse, David) hosted a poetry salon in our living room. Two salons, actually. The event(s) celebrated the release of poet Lisa Gill’s most recently published effort, a collection of star poems called Dark Enough. Response to the proposed salon was so good that it necessitated the [...]
