“Nature is what we see” by Emily Dickinson
Nature is what we see “Nature” is what we see—The Hill—the Afternoon—Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—Nay—Nature is Heaven—Nature is what we hear—The Bobolink—the Sea—Thunder—the Cricket—Nay—Nature is Harmony—Nature is what we know—Yet have no art to say—So impotent… Continue Reading
“It is Not Enough” by David Whyte
It is Not Enough It is not enough to know.It is not enough to followthe inward road conversing in secret. It is not enough to see straight ahead,to gaze at the unbornthinking the silence belongs… Continue Reading
“Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude” by Shuntaro Tanikawa
Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude Human beings on this small orbsleep, waken and work, and sometimeswish for friends on Mars. I’ve no notionwhat Martians do on their small orb(neririing or kiruruing or hararaing)But sometimes they… Continue Reading
“The Clock in Literature” by Aram Saroyan
The Clock in Literature “Would you mindIf I headed up early?”Says the husbandTo his young wife.“Follow when you like.” Later that eveningThe beautiful faceAnd exquisite limbsWill rise from the tableOf the Southern innHaving been spiedBy… Continue Reading
“10 Rules for Being Human” by Chérie Carter-Scott
10 Rules for Being Human If you scroll social media at all, you may have come across a list of 10 RuIes for Being Human. Often these aphorisms are said to be from "ancient Sanskrit"… Continue Reading
“Hope” by Lesya Ukrainka
Hope I have no happiness, and I am not free, There’s only one hope left for me: To return to Ukraine once again, And see my native land in the end, Have another look at… Continue Reading
“Limits / Límites” by Jorge Luis Borges
Limits Of all the streets that blur in to the sunset,There must be one (which, I am not sure)That I by now have walked for the last timeWithout guessing it, the pawn of that Someone… Continue Reading
“Dew” by Kwame Dawes
Dew This morning I took the dew from the broadleaf of the breadfruit tree, and washed the sleep from my eyes. I saw a bluesky. The cock crowed again and again. On such mornings, each… Continue Reading
“Whatif” by Shel Silverstein
Whatif Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I’m dumb in school?Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?Whatif I… Continue Reading
“The Gift” by Li-Young Lee
The Gift To pull the metal splinter from my palmmy father recited a story in a low voice.I watched his lovely face and not the blade.Before the story ended, he’d removedthe iron sliver I thought… Continue Reading