Wisdom Poems
Meditations on Sand
by Jonathan Goff
Meditations on Sand
irritating.
between my toes,
you are
the bane of my
existence.
you are
a curse in my sandals.
you itch
......
Moondance
by Jonathan Goff
I: New
I begin in shadow.
Not absence —
restraint.
You wrote of the sea’s hips,
the sand’s eyes,
the sun’s breathless sighs —
five poems,
before you noticed me.
......
The Response: A Standing Invitation
by Jonathan Goff
cradled by night,
the standing invitation
sings low:
i melt
at your eyes
when they’re heavy–
or flutter open.
i melt
......
An Address
by Jonathan Goff
what lives
in the word
Brother?
not in name or blood,
but in the way wind knows you,
how light falls across your face,
and dust beneath your feet
soft, unhurried,
whispering
......
DEAR HUMAN: ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
by alexis karpouzos
Dear human,,
You shine, you fly and rise
and fall and die.
Remember and cry,
you hurt and endured
and you heal and forget.
You live through the beauty of messing up
and the grace of stumbling.
You're flawed and fabulous.
The Response: A Standing Invitation
by Jonathan Goff
cradled by night,
the standing invitation
sings low:
i melt
at your eyes
when they’re heavy–
or flutter open.
i melt
......
How We Witness
by Jonathan Goff
I.
smoke and star-soaked hush—
two chairs, no words. just the night
we held– together.
i watched him breathe and whispered, thank you.
II.
when she left, you wept.
presence hung between us– dew,
prophesying dawn.
......
The Cloud of Witnesses
by Jonathan Goff
Caught myself
Yelling at the dishes.
They didn't deserve it.
"An honor--"
they said.
"It is an honor
to witness
the undoing of your wrath–
how it scorches your ribs,
......
Dance
by Jonathan Goff
One step
Two step
Rise,
And release
The flaming flags
of fall give way
To a cherry blossom
spring
Always in
......
An Address
by Jonathan Goff
what lives
in the word
Brother?
not in name or blood,
but in the way wind knows you,
how light falls across your face,
and dust beneath your feet
soft, unhurried,
whispering
......
-
-
Sri Chinmoy Ghose (1 poems about Wisdom)
27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007 / Shakpura, Chittagong / Bangladesh (British Era)