Ode to Joy – Apr. 14, 2020
This version of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is performed by isolated members of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. May we feel in our bones that we are hardwired for joy. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – “Ode to Joy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXT60rbBVk
Teach Us Release – Feb. 6, 2020
And here on this pile of shell I call out To the pods all gathered like thunderheads Thunder in our heads Crying “With your songs like a peaceful death please teach us release teach me release” Kate we are breaking down here Without your seasons and fearless snow And here on this pile of driftwood […]
Given Joy – Jan. 3, 2020
“There are those that have in themselves the gift of Joy. It has no relation to merit or demerit. It is not a quality they have wrested from the vicissitude of life. Such people have not fought and won a hard battle, they have made no conquest. To them Joy is given as a precious […]
Used to Be – Feb. 1, 2019
It used to beThat when I would wake in the morningI could with confidence say, “What am ‘I’ going to do?”That was before the seed cracked open.Now Hafiz is certain:There are two of us housed in this bodyDoing the shopping together in the market andTickling each other while fixing the evening’s food.Now when I awake […]
