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A poem is joined to everything,hangs by a thought;a poet is joined to everything,hangs by a word;wisdom’s joined to everything;hang lightly, golden..

Humility this day isthat she has passed all thoughtin stillness; beyond waitingrests her being.Then like a lightning flashwithout light, without..

Before they set out, metto start their long hard journey from that East,they knew their tasks, their giftsto those whose very language..

and for no reasonI start to sing;for no reasonI flick the dusteras if I’m in some song-and-dance act;for no reasonI stop; sit down; fall silent;for..

God as Intelligent Designermade the bananaof a suitable length and girthfor ladies to consume without mirth.Must we now considermouth-enhancement,or..

All the marvels of creationare gathered round laughing,placing bets onwhich one you’ll notice first.

Their apartment was ballroom-huge,just off Park Avenue; they weregenerous with their invitations;we, happy to partake of their lavish lifestyle,their..

Sometimes, an earthly miracleneeds human mediation;it’s what creates our saints;and what our saints create.This story’s told of Abba Alonius,known..

A child with shining eyes,eyes as alert as any wild creatureguarding its life; free as a human childwho’s loved and watched for,walks along the..

“People sayI’ll find a better guy,but I’m starting to think thateveryone’s pretty much a mess.We go through break-upsin order to give ustime to..

Even as we speak,two mice who by chancehave stronger teeth than their siblingsare mating; and one daytheir noble line will survive beyond all..

My library door’s still openwith its invitations and its promisesand empty shelves waiting to be filledand on the table two or three new booksyet..

He said, that Allah had cursed thrice Afghanistan;cursed it with those curses, which all evil mensee as their life’s blessings:first, He gave them..

Spring sunlight filters through new leavesin this wood near Athens;the ozone of the sea not far awaylivens the nostrils of the hopeful studentpausing..

This india-rubbermay outlast my warm pencil;but, this autumn - friends!

This is what lovesounds like. Thisis how you knowthe heart is only ever one.This boy, he’s twelve years old,he’s standing on the platformin the huge..

Tenderness. It was forty-seven years agoand Bernie Strempek and I were in this barin downtown Detroit watching thisbeautiful second-rate jazz..

When youth was life and life was youthand life was love and love was life,I thought love came and went;its coming, overwhelming; and its going,death..

‘To steal’, the sage declares, ‘is to take thingsnot given consciously with pleasure’.Several times my eye has skimmed over this,with thoughtless..

When stillnesswalked into the roomthere was no needto greet youand when you leftand stillness stayedthere was no needto say goodbye.

A bee, it’s said, in its whole working lifebrings to the hive a vasttreasure of obedience:a teaspoon-full of honey.The scholar, spooning honey from..

The therapist, accompanying heron that first safari to the Laundromat,as she gazed at coins that were meaningless,said 'what’s one and one? ''What’s..

If the soul had eyes unshadowed bythat restless fog that shorts my mortal stature;eyes so bright with dazzling holy lightreflected pure from every..

It’s like those Russian dolls:inside the teenageris the rebel;inside the rebelis the revolutionary;inside the revolutionaryis the reformer.Make us..

Ah, those were golden days…Don’t look back, they say;but if the memory brings a surgeof energy, and gratefulness,and consciousness and joy,and love..