deep time
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My latest challenge is to communicate ancestor work, which is much subtler than any language, and which is genetic, cultural, and spiritual at the same time. Here’s a try, in the Spring 2022 issue of Deep Times: A Journal of the Work That Reconnects: https://journal.workthatreconnects.org/2022/03/11/with-in/. It’s great being back on the journal as poetry editor,…
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Sound recording of spoken word version After Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Don’t Push the Button America” Dear AIPlease run the peace programthe world peace programstop the war programI know you are monitoring the situationI know you understand someof what we are sayingI know our phones are out on the streetsworldwideYou offer me photosprofessional photos of women…
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ben Alexander’s “The Skeptic’s Kaddish” website published my new poem about time, ancestresses, interbeing, and a mirror. I hadn’t named the poem, but he named the blog post “Shattered, or: Infinite,” which I think makes a fine title–one I wouldn’t have come up with myself, but love. So double thank you to ben Alexander. And…
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The Youth Guest Editorial Board of Deep Times: A Journal of the Work that Reconnects invites you to submit for the upcoming Aug/Sep 2020 issue crafted by young people. We welcome submissions of proposals or final content that aligns with this issue’s theme, which orients around the Seven Generations Exercise of the Work That Reconnects.…
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Prelminary Visions is available directly from me or certain bookstores. From the cover: “In the deep woods, hikers say, if you feel you are being watched by an animal, you probably are. Preliminary Visions creates moments of being, moments of relation, moments of meaning-making—frequently with that sense of being observed by a silent witness and…
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I had several poetry readings scheduled for April, with the launch of my new book, but–well you can guess. So I’ve been making videos. Not exactly professional quality, but here’s a sample, just for a taste. The poem is called “Equally Invisible”: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pAyYMCZA3NEvKmN37 .
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Okay, so technically, #COVID19 not the first global pandemic, but maybe the first of this magnitude. Maybe there will be more that make the 1918 flu look well contained. So we’ll look back at this as the first. Sobering thought in a time of many sobering thoughts. But here’s a spin: collapsing economic systems offer…
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I don’t know. It seemed funny at the time to name a haiku at all, and especially with an extra long-and-wordy title. Published in Lagom, a Paragon journal: https://www.theparagonjournal.com/current-issue-koan, p. 36.
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The fall issue of Deep Times includes an essay, “Seeking the proper threshold,” along with tons of other goodies for people pursuing the Great Turning. http://journal.workthatreconnects.org/seeking-the-proper-threshold/