Season’s Greetings

As a friend of mine sometimes says, “The good news is that there is good news.” May we find it all around us in the beauty of nature, in the wonder of ordinary things and everyday activities. May peace prevail in the coming year and may love light our way forward.

Recent Poems

Gathering poems together recently for a “new and selected” volume gave me an opportunity to discover some recurring themes, as well as to reconsider work I’d forgotten about. Spanning over forty years, the new collection is underscored by a belief that we share with nature a “wise fecundity” for growth and healing. Two recent poems, Light of Day and Winter Pine, will appear in the next issue of EcoTheo Review (www.ecotheo.org > review).

Poem of the Day

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A Selection from Refuge for Cranes

Eye of the Heart

1

Say you draw a circle around yourself

and walk freely there, surrounded by love.

Say you expand this circle,

farther than you’ve ever been.

2

The way a seed fulfills itself and fallen things

replenish the world — here now,

the ends of branches are bright with berries

and ripe for the feasting of blackbirds.

3

May you find yourself in a clearing after a light rain.

May you enter a spacious house

and be welcomed at the table.

May all your troubles vanish.

                                             – Jerome Gagnon

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