Seasons
This post is based on a prompt given at our last writing retreat: “The trees are about to show us …
Tag Archives: peace
Up On The Roof — Again
During a recent torrential rain, water spilled over our gutters. Uh-oh, I thought, blocked downspouts. This made sense. Nobody had …
An Invocation – 2
Loving Father, Nurturing Mother, I could pray for world peace – that all the wars across the globe among nations …
Knitting hearts
During the last few weeks I completed my first knitting project. I knitted a heart-shaped bowl and felted it. It …
Light of Christmas
Christmas night See the light Shining star, burning bright Christmas cheer Far and near Memories lasting many years …
flying in the breeze
This was written in response to Denise Levertov’s poem, “Animal Spirits.” Read the poem at this link: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/05/14 One of the …
Where am I going?
The following Haiku poems were written in response to a reading by Carol Henderson at a recent writing retreat. The …
fulfilling a sacred contract
Howard Thurman, theologian and Harvard professor, said, “There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is, …
Retreat
The mountains – quiet, peaceful solitude. Rhododendron, ferns, thistles, outcroppings of rocks, tops of trees swaying in the breeze, split …
Farther Along 