Today, March 21, 2025, is World Poetry Day. People everywhere are encouraged to share, read, or write a poem. I would like to share a poem with you, by T.S. Eliot, called “East Coker.”
This poem came to me, discovered me or perhaps I discovered it, just at the right time. I was approaching 50 and doing that thing many of us do — trying to understand life, and my purpose in it. Poetry to the rescue!
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Day 40: Light at the End of the Tunnel
https://youtu.be/8SILLvxQRrs Shower Thoughts: No other species is watched more while pooping than dogs. Oh my goodness, day 40 has arrived! It’s been 40 days since the official declaration from our governor to Shelter in Place, March 24th. We are in the middle of our 5th week. We learned on Friday, May 1st, the lockdown willContinueContinue reading “Day 40: Light at the End of the Tunnel”
Poem: A Nod to Frost
A Nod to Frost by Shannon P. Laws The woods are lovely dark and deep There are hidden treasure chests to keep A stranger blocks my trail so narrow the shadow falls once pierced by sparrow Feeding on gnats in the twilight spaces I see my face on the faces Along the ways of search and find great friends there areContinueContinue reading “Poem: A Nod to Frost”
Poem: This Midnight of Existence
This Midnight of Existence The exhale of a horse steams imagination, relieves the tension in my shoulders as Atlas sets the earth down for dinner. While the busy-squeak of a mouse shuffles the bush night is young and mischief afoot! Trails trip under the network of blackberry roots, an intelligence plays here. ConsiderContinueContinue reading “Poem: This Midnight of Existence”
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