“Everything Is Waiting For You” by David Whyte
Everything Is Waiting For You After Derek Mahon Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were…
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“Self Compassion” by James Crews
My friend and I snickered the first time we heard the meditation teacher, a grown man, call himself honey, with a hand placed over his heart…
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“Hair” by Elizabeth Acevedo
This is Elizabeth Acevedo’s performance of her poem, “Hair.” She begins by saying, “My mother tells me to fix my hair. And by ‘fix’ she…
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“A Root in Each Act and Creature” by Hafiz
The sun’s eyes are painting fields again. Its lashes with expert strokes Are sweeping across the land. A great palette of light has embraced This…
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“Never Trust a Mirror” by Erin Hanson
Never Trust a Mirror Never trust a mirror, For the mirror always lies, It makes you think that all your worth, Can be seen from…
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“I Worried” by Mary Oliver
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and…
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“Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco
Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging…
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“Love After Love” by Derek Walcott
Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own…
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“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You…
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“The Guest House” by Rumi
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected…
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