Us Two

Us Two Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh, There’s always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do, “Where are you going today?” says Pooh: “Well, that’s very odd ‘cos I was too. Let’s go together,” says Pooh, says he. “Let’s go together,” says Pooh. “What’s twice eleven?” I said to Pooh. (“Twice […]

Success

Success He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it whether by an […]

Two haiku

A keynote so bold Rhythmic words dance on hearts Igniting passion Poems spark meaning Images, connections, questions Words evoke story by Susan Close Inspired by an amazing keynote address delivered by Carl

The Sun Still Shines

The Sun Still Shines “Imagine a pedagogy of listening and attending so we could hear the wing beats of butterflies.” Dr. Carl Leggo, 2011 Today the butterflies have stopped cocooning, evolving their rational for change gone. I hear nothing yet everything continues. A conundrum of heart when the heart stops beating, and butterflies ask the […]

Among School Children

Among School Children I I walk through the long schoolroom questioning; A kind old nun in a white hood replies; The children learn to cipher and to sing, To study reading-books and history, To cut and sew, be neat in everything In the best modern way—the children’s eyes In momentary wonder stare upon A sixty-year-old […]

Provisions for the journey

Provisions for the journey Grief says this, in the brief slide from stupor, where otherwise the only language is the body’s slip, gripped in gravity, the pull to earth, weight that holds the arms down, does not allow anything to rise Did I salt the soup? crystals speckle the stove salt cellar ajar and nearby […]