Peace
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Between
Between your current exhalationand the inhalation to followis a brief momentwhen your breathing stops. (There, it just happened.Were you aware?) Imagine that moment of no breathas the pause of possibility. (It just happened again.) Your life began with an inhalationand… Continue reading
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Purr-uning
As he curves into my arm,resting his ebony head on my shoulder,kneading my neck with the cool pads of his paws,his purr passes through me,cleaning out last season's dried weeds and spent dread,like a gardener pinching off dead blossoms. He's… Continue reading
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Bird Song
5:30 in the morning.Darkness still quiets the city.I open the sliding glass door,allow the in-flow of cold air… …and bird song:Somewhere nearby,on a tentatively budding branch,a robin asserts spring's certainty, then pauses. No more? Yes, more,now down the block,repeating the… Continue reading
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Remembering and Discovering at the Same Time
I am an admirer of the poet David Whyte. Even when David speaks about poetry, it is poetry. Listen to some of the ways he describes the art of the poem: remembering and discovering at the same time a conversation… Continue reading
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Somewhere Beyond
Somewhere beyondthe limits of mind and belieflies the Ocean of Mysteries.Travel there,and when you arrive,lean over the railingand open the handthat holds the pearlof inestimable value.Watch it disappearinto the dark water. Are you this Ocean of Mysteries?Or are you the… Continue reading
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My Hand Moves
My hand moves under the dark covers… Continue reading
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I Sit
Often, words are not the needed thing. Continue reading
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Already Present
God is already presentand always will be.My prayer won't change that.My praise won't change that. I open my eyes: He is there.I open my cupboard: She is there.I open my front door: It is there.I open: All is there. Text and image © 2011… Continue reading
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Good Day
I accomplished much today.The western sky turns a satisfying golden pink.The crowns of neighborhood oaks and elms, summer-full,darken into rolling hillstoward which crows arc and caw.Everything heads home. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading