“But human beings need deepening places too. And far too many never have any.”
~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Wind in the Door
(MUSIC ADDED) You’re Never Moving Forward if You’re Always Looking Back #Constellations #Lyra #Orpheus #Eurydice #Loss #Song
I haven’t had the chance to record a demo of this song yet, but to stick to my weekly post format, I’m releasing the lyrics to “Lyra” now, with the…
Photo of the Day Poems: Ebullience #Poem #Poetry #Photography #Ebullience #Animals #Chimpanzee
Ebullience: (noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings : exuberance “Ebullience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebullience. Accessed 21 May. 2023. Ebullience by Vincent H. Anastasi 2019…
For Mother’s Day: A Poem by Wendell Berry #Poem #Poetry #Mother #Mom #Forgiveness #WendellBerry
Either Wendell Berry and I share the same mother, or he just perfectly captured the power of forgiveness that many mothers exhibit. As I read this poem for the first…
Photo of the Day Poems: The Lesson #Poem #Poetry #Photography #Homer #Epic #Lesson #Protest
As the school year draws to a close, it admittedly becomes more challenging to plan engaging lessons to rein in the drifting minds of students who smell the fresh-cut grass…
Getting Lost in the Woods: Wisdom from Wendell Berry #Poem #Poetry #Sabbath #Lost #Woods #Alone #WendellBerry
Sabbath Poem II (1995) by Wendell Berry The best reward in going to the woods Is being lost to other people, and Lost sometimes to myself. I’m at the end…
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I am a lover of words – the way they sing together in neat or sprawling lines upon the page, conducted by the great wordsmiths of all time. The way a sudden turn of phrase or surprising combination of sounds resonates with the deep within me, causing pause…