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Chiaroscuro Visions

The Uses of Sorrow  (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave mea box full of darkness. It took me years to understandthat this, too, was a gift. Mary Oliver

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Everything Gets Deeper: Another Beat Poet Gone II

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This Whole Beast Self: Another Beat Poet Gone

   

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2 Wild Poems

SOMETIMESby David Whyte Sometimesif you move carefullythrough the forest,breathinglike the onesin the old stories,who could crossa shimmering bed of leaveswithout a sound,you come to a placewhose only taskis to trouble youwith tinybut frightening requests,conceived out of nowherebut in this placebeginning … Continue reading

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Say Yes to a World of Possibility

Fear is the Divider, Fear is the Death of Creative Problem Solving, Fear is the No to the World’s Yes   Spiritual Practice For Releasing Fear Breathing in,   I rest in my courage. Breathing out, I release fear. Breathing in,  … Continue reading

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