Our parents read these words Our grandparents read these words And the generations that came before Names, faces, places, hearts, minds, souls, whose names we do not know but who somehow dreamed that we might one day read these words too We are not the first, we are not the last, We are not the […]
Poetry
A prayer for graduation
Thank you. Thank you for this day and the countless days leading up to it. And thank you, in advance, for not making me say goodbye, but rather see you later. Thank you for all the things we’ve taught one another, most of which are so deeply embedded in our souls that we don’t even […]
The brain is wider than the sky.
I had a chance to share this beautiful poem with a group of 5th graders today in our outdoor nature sanctuary. What a magnificent piece of writing. Enjoy!