Poets/1

Viva Tang Ten thousand and two texts A thousand and three tweets 644 Facebook status updates 87 cell phone messages save or delete Enough already! Take a deep breath Leave behind the technology And go…

Travelers

Wishing You an Un-Great Experience Now that you’re headed to _________ And people are wishing that you’ll have a “great” experience I hope you have a un-“great” experience If “great” means photo-ops Looking good with…

We Inter-Are/458

1. Mev was inside of me And so I wrote a book And Miriam read the book And Mev was inside of her And when Miriam was with Johnny Mev ended up inside of him…

What’s on My Mind … 

for Wendy Lee How to relax How to listen to Gould’s recording of Bach’s Toccata in D Major How to observe like David Grossman How to stay open amid any outbreaks of intransigence How to make…

Today (Gratitudes)

This morning at meditation, Rachel read us these words from Thich Nhat Hanh: Yesterday is already gone, Tomorrow is not yet here. Today is the only day available to us. Today is the most important…

Email from Cameroon

Dr. C, Hello! Hope this email finds you well. Classes must be well on its way and I am sure you are enlightening many other students like myself as we speak. I’ve wanted to write…