Poetry
Over many decades, I’ve written poems when there was no other way to express my experience.
I have collected my poems in the book, Opening to the World as It Is: Poems of Experience, available in softcover or e-book.
Here are three poems from the book that express very different emotions that truly express where I am now.
🌿 Ancient Thera, Present Teacher
🌿 Raven, teach me to ride the winds of change
🌿 Selfies
I wrote this poem in 2005 in honor of the Orange Revolution in 2004, when Ukrainians refused to accept the results of an election later declared to be fraudulant by their Supreme Court. This marked the beginning of years of protest against Russian interference. In May 2023, I was asked for permission to have the poem read at the graduation of the International School in Kiev The graduation ceremony took place in Warsaw Poland (where the Kiev school relocated until June ’23), at the Museum commemorating the experience of Polish Jews. I recorded this for their ceremony, and feel this was one of the greatest honors possible for me.
🌍 Africa Inspired
Together is the Natural State of Life
🙏 Personal Experiences
Faith is the evidence of things unseen which are true
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