Reflections

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Barbara Crooker, whose work is deeply inspired by paying attention to how God whispers in the world.  You can hear Barbara reading her poem “Sanctus” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. Peeps In those last few months my mother didn’t want to eat, this woman who made everything from scratch, and who said of her appetite, I eat like a bricklayer. Now she listlessly stirred the food around her plate, sometimes

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Rabbi Rami Shapiro, whose work is deeply inspired by the happening of God.  You can hear Rabbi Rami reading his poem “The 23rd Psalm” below and read more about the connections he makes between poetry and the sacred. After Psalm 93  The earth is secure; it is I who imagine her frailty. The earth stands firm; it is I who plot her downfall. She is greater than me, and includes me in a larger scheme. I am her child though

We are launching a new series this spring with poets whose work we love and want to feature! Our next poet is Dorothy Walters whose work is deeply inspired by sacred ecstasy and “the Beloved Within.”  You can hear Dorothy reading her poem “The Transition” below and read more about the connections she makes between poetry and the sacred. Seekers  “What you seek was seeking you.” Rumi How is it that when I was looking for You, You were seeking me also? Silently You watched and waited. Sometimes gave me a brief glimpse or taste of who You were, like a shy