The End Of The Owls
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (translated By Jerome Rothenberg) I speak for none of your kind, I speak for the end of the owls. I speak for...
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Blessing for Sound
by David Whyte I thank you, for the smallest sound, for the way my ears open even before my eyes, as if to remember the way everything...
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The Wild Geese
by Wendell Berry Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of summer's end. In time's...
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Fluent
by John O'Donohue I would love to live Like a river flows Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding.
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Keeping Quiet
by Pablo Neruda (translation by Alastair Reid) Now we will count to twelve And we will all keep still. For once on the face of the...
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Why Poetry?
Reading poetry can be a valuable activity in a mindfulness class for several reasons: Focused Attention: Reading poetry often requires a...
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Smart Cookie
by Richard Shiffman after Wallace Stevens The fortune that you seek is in another cookie, was my fortune. So I'll be equally frank--the...
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Piute Creek
by Gary Snyder | One granite ridge A tree, would be enough Or even a rock, a small creek, A bark shred in a pool. Hill beyond hill,...
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Sonnets to Orpheus IV
O you tender ones, step now and then into the breath that takes no heed of you; let it part as it touches your cheeks, it will quiver...
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Between Going & Staying
By Octavio Paz Between going and staying, the day wavers, in love with its own transparency. The circular afternoon is now a bay where...
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Widening Circles
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joanna Macy I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not...
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