A Gradual Awakening
by Stephen Levine "... Moment to moment, the mind, the conditioning, is building some image of who it thinks it is. We think we're the beautiful, pleasant states; we don't want to be depression, anger,... More »
by Stephen Levine "... Moment to moment, the mind, the conditioning, is building some image of who it thinks it is. We think we're the beautiful, pleasant states; we don't want to be depression, anger,... More »
While I was upstairs exploring a poetic expression of the power of desire, my ringneck was downstairs living it. We used RFP board to make the walls washable in the aviary, but all that water... More »
"I see poetry as a path toward new understanding and transformation, and so I've looked at specific poems I love, and at poetry's gestures in the broadest sense, in an effort to feel and learn... More »
I was planning on lying in bed and feeling bad. My 17 year old senegal became a squeeze toy for my 3 year old dog yesterday. This was my first sunrise without her. Instead, my... More »
Yin, the escape artist, slipped her earthly bonds this morning. I kissed her in great appreciation of "who" she was as I let her out of her cage. I expected her to perch on the... More »
At night when a cockatiel falls off his perch, if no one will let him back on, he hangs in the corner. It's more important to him that he's the same height as the others... More »