How To Give Compliments
It’s easy Pay attention Notice little particulars about a person Exactly not the kind of thing that would be announced with fanfare on Facebook It could be her subtle flair for fashion, having a periwinkle…
Category: No Time for Poetry but Exactly What Is
Loveliness
In one of the Metta Writing classes this summer We wrote off a topic suggested by Sharon Salzberg’s book Lovingkindness: Our very own loveliness My loveliness is verbal: “You can do it” “Why not?”…
Poetry Is Endless
I keep in one file poems I love It’s my own anthology I read & reread poems at least a half hour every day I have many more to add… (Like Li Ch’ing-Chao, Du Fu,…
I Do Think That They Will Sing To Me
A friend loaned me a scanner I’ve thousands of photos in basement from decades ago Do I dare disturb the universe? Yes
Radiant and Wretched (Pay Attention)
“There’s plenty of time in this day” Who would claim that And risk setting off a cacophonous chorus of groans? “There’s never enough time To get done all the things I have to do— never,…
Written on the Back Side of Ginsberg’s “Why I Meditate”
for Bella Levenshteyn There are 10,000 reasons to meditate (at least) There are 10,000 beings to save (for starters) There are 10,000 demented states of consciousness to purify (carpe diem) There are 10,000 dreams to…
Reading Galeano
Lindsay Weston recently wrote me Asked if I could recommend anything to read Instantly I thought of the trilogy So long on my shelf Barely perused but Now may be the time! I sent word…
Give, Give, and Give Some More
Give away career advice Give dropping-out-of-grad-school encouragement Give reminders of the lojong slogans (“Don’t ponder others”) Give away Harold Bloom’s Western Canon reading list Give a 9 by 12 b/w photo by M. Puleo Give…
In Demand
A friend told me She went to her branch library Disappointed to find out Dead Poets Society‘s 10 copies Have 135 holds on them
Yours Truly
I am your older, calm, sutra-reading uncle I am your younger, mischievous Tequlia-drinking uncle I am your biggest fan I am your sounding board for the unutterable I am your archivist I am your remembrancer