Western Reverence for Life
General William Westmoreland once said “The Oriental doesn’t place The same high value on life As does a Westerner In the Orient life is cheap It doesn’t matter” The general said this in 1972 27…
Category: No Time for Poetry but Exactly What Is
My Good News/14
My good news is I met Lindsey Weston and she made me cry: tears of compassion, tears of gratitude My good news is I can handle whatever is coming and if I can’t, that’s OK…
Candor
You asked, “Did I ever tell you My reaction when I finished The Book of Mev?” “No. Please do.” “I cried and cried and cried.”
Wishful Thinking
God knows we’ve been patient First it was the emails and texts We wondered what had gotten into her We weren’t even sure what she was talking about: “Structural adjustment programs” “The preferential option” “Systemic…
Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short a Date
Mev Puleo Died at age 32 May her memory be a blessing Dan Horkheimer Died at age 29 May his memory be a blessing Pete Mosher Died at age 32 May his memory be a…
It’s Randa’s Birthday!
What a bright light you are (always have been)! How many of us are drawn to you (goodness is so alluring)! May you have decades more of birthdays (this wounded world needs you)!
An Unbelievable Outgoingness of Heart
Two times In the 90 minutes After Pete was coded Eileen said to me In the ICU “I’m so sorry you have to see all this”
Metta Meditation/122
May Eileen be filled with loving-kindness (for her family and dry-cleaner personnel) May Eileen be well (in body and spirit) May Eileen be peaceful and at ease (upon rising in the morning and turning in…
The Bell Is for All of You
“Anything you are attached to, let it go.” –Buddhist teaching I gave that bell to Mev 25 years ago It must have been sounded 10,000 times Pete heard it In fall of 2001 You heard…
Grace Abounds (December 14, 2013)
The realization that Pete Mosher is made up of non-Pete Mosher elements Jeremy’s stellar slideshow of the all-American family John Kavanaugh & John Foley’s calming recording of “How Can I Can from Singing?” Don Lassus…