Posted in William Stafford, favorite things, tao on January 23, 2007 | No Comments »
“… any reasonable person who looks at water, and passes a hand through it, can see that it would not hold a person up… But swimmers know that if they relax on the water it will prove to be miraculously buoyant…”
William Stafford
from Writing the Australian Crawl
Posted in William Stafford, conscientious objectors, culture of peace, favorite things, peace, poetry on January 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Poetry
Its door opens near. It’s a shrine
by the road, it’s a flower in the parking lot
of The Pentagon, it says, “Look around,
listen. Feel the air.” It interrupts
international telephone lines with a tune.
When traffic lines jam, it gets out
and dances on the bridge. If great people
get distracted by fame they forget
this essential kind of breathing
and they [...]
