By Luci Tapahonso
This morning we gather in gratitude for all aspects of sacredness: the air, the warmth of fire, bodies...
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- By Matthew ZapruderDrawn by ceremonial obligation up from sleep I woke and stepped into the borrowed black robes all ghost...
- By Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood...
- By Rudyard KiplingIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust...
- By C. P. CavafyFor some people the day comes when they have to declare the great Yes or the great No. It’s clear at...
- By Henry VIII, King of EnglandPastime with good company I love and shall unto I die. Grudge whoso will, but none deny, So God be pleased...
- By Yehuda AmichaiI passed by the school where I studied as a boy and said in my heart: here I learned certain things ...
- By Christina RossettiDoes the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole ...
- By Edgar Albert GuestSomebody said that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he...
- By Hadewijch IIYou who want knowledge, seek the Oneness within. There you will find the clear mirror already waiting...
- By Trumbull StickneyLive blindly and upon the hour. The Lord, Who was the Future, died full long ago. Knowledge which is...
- By A. F. MoritzWe won’t pretend we’re not hungry for distinction but what can ever distinguish us enough? This country...
- By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"O Cæsar, we who are about to die Salute you!" was the gladiators' cry In the arena, standing face to...
- By John CiardiNo one can wish nothing. Even that death wish sophomores are nouveau-glib about reaches for a change...
- By Fernando Pessoa1. Of the gardens of Adonis, Lydia, I love Most of all those fugitive roses That on the day they are...
- By Miller WilliamsBecause you’ll find how hard it can be to tell which part of your body sings, you never should dally...
- By Ella Wheeler WilcoxLaugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its...
- By Matthew ArnoldEven in a palace, life may be led well! So spake the imperial sage, purest of men, Marcus Aurelius. ...
- By Yvor WintersHere for a few short years Strengthen affections; meet, Later, the dull arrears Of age, and be discreet...
- By John SurowieckiAs the light goes, go. Be the rustling in the grass, the fall from convention's good graces: learn, ...