Poem: “Morning Meditation,” by Rainer Maria Rilke

Poem: “Morning Meditation,” by Rainer Maria Rilke

by | Sep 15, 2019 | inspiration, poem

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart, and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Do not search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able...
Poem: “Hieroglyphic Stairway,” by Drew Dellinger

Poem: “Hieroglyphic Stairway,” by Drew Dellinger

by | Sep 11, 2019 | inspiration, poem

it’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t let me sleep my great great grandchildren ask me in dreams what did you do while the planet was plundered? what did you do when the earth was unraveling? surely you did something when...
Poem: “Empathy,” by A.E. Stallings

Poem: “Empathy,” by A.E. Stallings

by | Aug 26, 2019 | inspiration, poem

My love, I’m grateful tonight Our listing bed isn’t a raft Precariously adrift As we dodge the coast-guard light, And clasp hold of a girl and a boy. I’m glad that we didn’t wake Our kids in the thin hours, to take Not a thing, not a favorite toy, And we didn’t hand...
Poem: “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus

Poem: “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus

by | Aug 13, 2019 | inspiration, poem

We originally published this poem three years ago, but today seems like a good day to post it again. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in October, 1886. The Emma Lazarus poem was added in 1903. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride...