While these poems support each week’s class theme, reading and listening to them also draws us together in the present moment.
The Pulsation of Life
To Know The Dark (Wendell Berry)
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
Everyday Sacred
Hold Out Your Hand (Julia Fehrenbacher)
Let’s forget the world for a while
fall back and back
into the hush and holy
of now
are you listening? This breath
invites you
to write the first word
of your new story
your new story begins with this:
You matter (entire poem here)
Curiosity and Listening
When Beginning the Poem (Andrea Potos)
may there be a listening
rather than a making
curiosity over expectation,
lightness and ease,
no straining
toward some glut of air.
May you step aside
like a watcher at the meadow’s edge
as the doe
finds her way to the center... (entire poem here)
Right Here (Dane Anthony)
Stop moving. Stand in
one place – this place.
Breathe slowly; in, then out. Repeat.
Repeat again. Let your
shoulders sink and relax. Unclench
your jaw; slowly close your eyes.
Listen for your heartbeat; really
listen. Feel it pulse in
your fingertips… (entire poem here)
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