POEMS

Please Call Me by My True Names Don’t say that I will depart tomorroweven today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arrivingto be a...

An Old Musician HowShouldThose who know of GodMeet andPart? The wayAn old musicianGreets his belovedInstrument And will take special care,As a great...

For a New Beginning In out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has been quietly forming,Waiting...

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid There is a country to cross you willfind in the corner of your eye, inthe quick slip of your foot--air fardown,...

Self Portrait It doesn't interest me if there is one GodOr many gods.I want to know if you belong -- or feel abandoned;If you know despairOr can see...

Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful...