It was winter. The wind blew from the plain. And the infant was cold In the cave in the slope of a hill. The breath of an ox Warmed him. ...

When Susanna Jones wears red Her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumpets, Jesus! When...

I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon light and make a crown. Take the Lenox buses, Taxis, subways, And for...

It’s all ordinary experience, All ordinary images. By chance they emerge in a dream, Turning out infinite new patterns. It’s all ordinary...

Vedic From The Rig Veda (c 1500 – 1200 BC) So vast, our Goddess Night, she rises, star-eyes gazing everywhere; all her finery of dress...

Vedic From – The Rig Veda (c. 1500 – 1200 B. C.) No thing existed, nor did nothing exist: there was no air-filled space, no sky beyond....

Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is a beauty, praise it. Life is a challenge, mean it. Life is a duty, perform it. Life is a game,...

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out is to risk involvement. To expose feeling...

In the pale moonlight He carries his bride Up the hill, Both of them naked, Bringing nothing but themselves. So in all beginnings...

Rescue The Dead Finally, to forgo love is to kiss a leaf, is to let rain fall nakedly upon your head, is to respect fire, is to study a...

Quote In the Land of 148,000 No’s Who Are You? In his book, “What to Say – When You Talk To Yourself, acclaimed psychologist Dr. Shad...

Quote To the River Goddess’ OSHUN, The River Goddess Brass and parrots’ feathers on a velvet skin. White cowrie shells on black buttocks....

Quote On the truths of the human experienceOn Reason and Passion And the priestess spoke again and said: Speak to us of Reason and...

In a Coltrane Kind of Place TodayHere Where Coltrane IsSoul and raceare private dominions,memories and modalsongs, a tenor...

From the Little Zen Companion How shall I grasp It? Do not grasp it. That which remains when there is no more grasping is the Self....

Quote Planting Invitation SongI have made a footprint, a sacred one.I have made a footprint, through it the blades push upward.I have...

Quote Shed a Little LightFrom  Hymns In Darkness I met a man oncewho had wasted half his life, partly in exile from himself,partly in a...

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”– Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams Peace Tenthltr2u

“The time has come, God knows, for us to examine ourselves, but we can only do this if we are willing to free ourselves of the myth of...

Planting Invitation Song I have made a footprint, a sacred one. I have made a footprint, through it the blades push upward. I have made a...