Poem of the Month ~ March 2010If you had (or have) qualities that others could not appreciate, and said qualities, upon being tested, nevertheless grew like untamable wildflowers and weeds, then this poem’s for you!  Have a very merry month! --Krayna   DiagnosisBy the time I was six months old, she knew something was wrong with ...

Poem of the Month  ~  February 2010What a month!  Ground Hog’s Day, Mardi Gras, Purim, Chinese New Year!  Wow!  A veritable explosion of carnival energy!  A while back some famous dudes, wrote:      “Let your freak flag fly!”   So go on…enjoy those marvelous eccentricities in ...

Poem of the Month ~ January 2010Happy New Decade!  Happy New Year!  Here is a fabulous recipe!  Read poem.  Follow directions from start to finish.    Digest.  Enjoy.  Then read again; add fresh ingredients from your own recipe.  Share when cooked.  Eat with gusto!  (Feeds ...

Poem of the Month ~ December 2009What tender memory is evoked by this poem that can warm you during December’s cold nights? Oranges The first time I walkedWith a girl, I was twelve,Cold, and weighted downWith two oranges in my jacket.December. Frost crackingBeneath my steps, my breathBefore me, then gone,As I walked towardHer house, the one ...

Poem of the Month ~ November 2009 May you allow sweet darkness embrace you this month and surprise you with gifts as of yet unimagined. --Krayna     Sweet Darkness When your eyes are tiredthe world is tired also.   When your vision has goneno part of the world can find you.   Time to go into the darkwhere the night ...

Poem of the Month ~ October 2009  Harvest what you know: what three things do you need to be able to do to live in this world? Love during this wonderful season of the year, Krayna From Beth Patterson's collage work ''Douglas Firs were our Sanctuary'' In Blackwater Woods Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillars of ...

                             Poem of the Month  ~  September 2009Pablo Neruda was a prolific poet and endlessly imaginative man.  His poetry reveals the spirit of a lover – impassioned, ...

Poem of the Month ~ August 2009 What are those permission-seeking questions, to which you’d love to receive an unrestrained:  “What I’m telling you is Yes Yes Yes.”   What if you bestowed permission upon yourself, as this poet does with such humor and aplomb, to ask and live all manner of questions with playful  ...

  Poem of the Month ~ July 2009 Mary Oliver, with her knack for mining the details of daily life and the natural world, composes poetry that can blow the ol’ circuits and bust through walls built of oblivion.   As you let the power of this poem sink in, you just may fall in love her questions, take them to heart and bless your ...

Poem of the Month ~ June 2009 It could happen to you, too. You could be laying around in the long green grass gazing up into the treetops, or wandering down a street on a very ordinary day,  or chopping veggies for dinner.   Yup, it could happen… anywhere, anytime. Just don’t forget to take her hand. ---Krayna When I Met My ...

 Poem of the Month ~ May 2009 What do your dreams try to remind you of that you’ve forgotten? What happens when you take to heart that your dreams remember you?  And what if you did re-awaken to that deep, true dream – the one that is always there – waiting for you? May Day, May Day! --Krayna   What We Want   What ...

Poem of the Month ~ April 2009 In Honor of National Poetry Month: Carry copies of this poem in your pocket to give to loved ones and strangers alike this month.  Be as Spring itself, gently scattering love blossoms and watering seeds of kindness wherever you go. --Blessings and blossoms, Krayna     A Blessing Just ...

What if you have a sudden burst of inspiration to create your own “what if” poem, and what if in so doing, you feel raucous laughter joyfully erupt as you dive into a swirling, limitless ocean of creative imagination and new perception and you find the freedom to express yourself in ways that are “outside the box”…and what if it really changed the ...

Give your love a poem this month!  Tuck some into your pockets to give away!  Leave poems where unsuspecting folks can find them - such a happy surprise!  A true cupid knows this: heart-poems make the best love-arrows! Deep bows and many cupidical moments, Krayna     It Felt Love How did ...

The poet Nazim Hikmet spent many seasons in prison in Turkey, owing to his activities as a passionate communist agitator for human rights, an experience that must have given him a unique perspective on priorities and simple pleasures in life.  Imagine the harsh Moscow winter described below, if you can, and folks gathered in the kitchen, ...

Poem of the Month ~ December 2008   Look with soft eyes at yourself in a mirror, and everyone you see on the street, glimmering with the dust of stars and the shine of diamond-light.  Go further, see all of creation “awash in tiny diamonds.”  Deep within yourself, haven’t you, too, always known?  Marvelous!  May your ...

Read this poem; now reflect: what guides your Spirit and connects you to all things in this life?  What do you need to remember?  Write, sing, dance, or paint your own poem.  Go for the essence, the juicy depths, the bones and the laughter, too.  Remember to remember.  And please, don’t forget - pass it on! Blessings of ...

Hey! Remember this one? Go ahead! Try it! How deep can you go? Oy! So much beauty we can give to this wondrous, hurting world through the Game called, “gazing with soft eyes.”  And don’t forget to let your gaze include Yourself! Blessings of hilarity, delight and peace, Krayna There Is a Wonderful Game There is a game we should ...

Poem of the Month - July 2008 This poem just gets better and better with each read! It is deceptively simple, owing to the extraordinary talent of poet Donald Babcock. Babcock was 100 years old when he died in 1996. I am guessing he lived a long rich life because he had such great Duck Power! Read this poem for 31 days in a row, and…..well, ...

Editorial note: This is one of Krayna's submissions to the Virtual Tea House contest ''Where's Home?''  In his book, “Poet’s Choice”, Edward Hirsch writes that this poem “should be required reading in Washington.” He imagines Abd El-Hadi as a “holy fool, an innocent dreamer who wouldn’t hurt anyone or anything.” How do you imagine ...