I probably live this poem everyday because I taught high school English for 15 years. The experience, the lessons, the special students, the comrades in arms never leave me. I don’t play the violin but I do play the piano now that I have time for lessons and a teacher of my own. I’m not

I lived this poem today as an afterthought. Unlike Mary Oliver, I have to live in a logical world. I need to be grounded. My escape into the mystical world of hopes and dreams is through music and poetry. However, I study music as a cerebral exercise – music theory, conservatory exams etc. and I

From Mary Oliver Everyday I look for meaning. I try to make sense of my life, of the world, of the universe. I try to believe that there is something greater out there that we struggle towards, purify ourselves for or simply keep breathing just to be acknowledged. On a Camino many walk hoping to

Today, yesterday and I know it will be the same tomorrow, the leaves aren’t sticking to the trees they are falling too many, too often, too soon. I try to hold onto summer as long as possible. The world is in the winter of its discontent. I don’t need more hate, more ugliness. I need

Pangur Ban So in peace our task we ply,Pangur Ban, my cat, and I;In our arts we find our bliss,I have mine and he has his.Practice every day has madePangur perfect in his trade;I get wisdom day and nightTurning darkness into light. — Anon., (Irish, 8th century) I lived this poem today in an odd

Batter my heart, three-person’d God By John Donne Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bendYour force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.I, like an usurp’d town to another due,Labor to admit you, but oh, to