I took this trip to HERE and NOW with Rumi If I were to to begin from this very moment here now to tell you the tale of the happenings in my life that have brought me here now I would have to start with the day I heard the call- A loud and yet gentle call … [Read more...] about I took this trip to HERE and NOW with RUMI
Poems on Life
The Power of Art and Poetry: Meeting Lanre Olagoke on my Path
There is a story I want to tell you... It was a chance meeting. We were walking in London along with my family when my husband noticed a painting in the window of a gallery, he casually said: “Oh what a nice painting" and walked on. I stopped and looked and told him and the … [Read more...] about The Power of Art and Poetry: Meeting Lanre Olagoke on my Path
My trip to Palestine planting Olive Trees and visiting Holy Sights
For the Future Planting trees early in spring we make a place for birds to sing in time to come. How do we know? They are singing here now. There is no other guarantee that singing will ever be. Wendell Berry Thank you to all the people who made this trip possible. … [Read more...] about My trip to Palestine planting Olive Trees and visiting Holy Sights
Fathers Day Poem
On this father’s day I feel fortunate to know what a true father looks like On this father’s day I am lucky to have sensed the touch of a kind heart Who was with me at birth and with whom I was at death My father helped me believe who I was And that was to believe in … [Read more...] about Fathers Day Poem
A Poem about Sadness
Sadness is much like a colony of mushrooms that start to overtake a dark forest. First there is the forest, then there are the trees, then there is the darkness and the damp air and moist soil, then there is the cooing of the owls and the calling of the kayotes. Then in that … [Read more...] about A Poem about Sadness