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Sharing a poem I came across…
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2013-12-07T22:47:03.653Z
Amanda Fenton
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<p>Sharing a poem I came across in Mark Nepo's book The Exquisite Risk...</p>
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<p><span>Anyway by Kent Keith</span></p>
<p><span>If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.</span></p>
<p><span>What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. </span></p>
<p><span>The good you do today, people will Often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.</span></p>
<p><span>Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;…</span></p>
<p>Sharing a poem I came across in Mark Nepo's book The Exquisite Risk...</p>
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<p><span>Anyway by Kent Keith</span></p>
<p><span>If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.</span></p>
<p><span>What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. </span></p>
<p><span>The good you do today, people will Often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.</span></p>
<p><span>Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.</span></p>
<p><span>You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.</span></p>
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<p><span>(some googling shares different versions of this text e.g. <a href="http://www.thenewamericanmedia.com/great-poem-by-kent-m-keith-please-read/" target="_blank">http://www.thenewamericanmedia.com/great-poem-by-kent-m-keith-pleas...</a>)</span></p>
Cross-posting this thread on…
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2013-03-25T04:24:46.180Z
Amanda Fenton
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<p>Cross-posting this thread on the ning that also contains some great poems:</p>
<p><a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and" target="_blank">http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and</a></p>
<p>Cross-posting this thread on the ning that also contains some great poems:</p>
<p><a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and" target="_blank">http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and</a></p>
Shared on the email list Febr…
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2013-03-25T04:21:35.004Z
Amanda Fenton
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<p>Shared on the email list February 2013</p>
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<div>AND – here is the poem offered with sarah's permission so you can all see and feel its full beauty – the web link is at the end</div>
<div><p><b>If I Stood There, Could I Stand the Standing?</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p>May I pray at the Step</p>
<p>On which you stood for Aeons?</p>
<p>For Ages</p>
<p>For Moments</p>
<p>For all Time</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If I stood there,</p>
<p>Could I stand the Standing?</p>
<p>What would I see?</p>
<p>What would I…</p>
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<p>Shared on the email list February 2013</p>
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<div>AND – here is the poem offered with sarah's permission so you can all see and feel its full beauty – the web link is at the end</div>
<div><p><b>If I Stood There, Could I Stand the Standing?</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p>May I pray at the Step</p>
<p>On which you stood for Aeons?</p>
<p>For Ages</p>
<p>For Moments</p>
<p>For all Time</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If I stood there,</p>
<p>Could I stand the Standing?</p>
<p>What would I see?</p>
<p>What would I believe</p>
<p>And know?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>To throw forward</p>
<p>A lifeline from the Future</p>
<p>To the Culture</p>
<p>That awaits</p>
<p>The turning of the Tides</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Would I have the Courage</p>
<p>To name</p>
<p>What is flowing</p>
<p>From the depths</p>
<p>Of the Centre,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From the Belly of it All</p>
<p>That flows</p>
<p>In formations</p>
<p>To seed and breathe</p>
<p>New Life?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The seeds that ripen</p>
<p>Amongst the grass</p>
<p>And are threshed</p>
<p>In time</p>
<p>When all is seemingly lost</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And yet</p>
<p>This is the Birthing</p>
<p>Of the New</p>
<p>The true flow</p>
<p>Rising unabated</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Translated Into the Soul-Fullness</p>
<p>Of the actors</p>
<p>The benefactors</p>
<p>That pass on</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Passion</p>
<p>That is</p>
<p>No longer theirs</p>
<p>But theirs</p>
<p>To share</p>
<p> </p>
<p><i>Release the Winged Ones © 2013</i></p>
<p><i>Sarah Whiteley</i></p>
<p><i><a href="http://www.conscious-evolution.net/author/books" target="_blank">http://www.conscious-evolution.net/author/books</a></i></p>
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Another lovely one:
Wild Gee…
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2013-03-22T02:56:03.873Z
Amanda Fenton
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<p>Another lovely one:</p>
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<h2>Wild Geese</h2>
<p><strong>by Mary Oliver</strong></p>
<p><strong>You do not have to be good.</strong><br></br><strong>You do not have to walk on your knees</strong><br></br><strong>for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.</strong><br></br><strong>You only have to let the soft animal of your body</strong><br></br><strong>love what it loves.</strong><br></br><strong>Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.</strong><br></br><strong>Meanwhile the world goes…</strong></p>
<p>Another lovely one:</p>
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<h2>Wild Geese</h2>
<p><strong>by Mary Oliver</strong></p>
<p><strong>You do not have to be good.</strong><br/><strong>You do not have to walk on your knees</strong><br/><strong>for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.</strong><br/><strong>You only have to let the soft animal of your body</strong><br/><strong>love what it loves.</strong><br/><strong>Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.</strong><br/><strong>Meanwhile the world goes on.</strong><br/><strong>Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain</strong><br/><strong>are moving across the landscapes,</strong><br/><strong>over the prairies and the deep trees,</strong><br/><strong>the mountains and the rivers.</strong><br/><strong>Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,</strong><br/><strong>are heading home again.</strong><br/><strong>Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,</strong><br/><strong>the world offers itself to your imagination,</strong><br/><strong>calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–</strong><br/><strong>over and over announcing your place</strong><br/><strong>in the family of things.</strong></p>
Another little poem shared on…
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2013-03-15T05:44:10.801Z
Amanda Fenton
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<p>Another little poem shared on the web that I cam across today:</p>
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<pre><em><i>If a sadness <br></br><br></br></i><i>Rises in front of you, <br></br></i><i>Larger than any you have ever seen; <br></br></i><i>If an anxiety, like light and cloud shadows, <br></br></i><i>Moves over your hands and everything you do. <br></br></i><i>You must realize that something is happening to you, <br></br></i><i>That life has not forgotten you, <br></br>That it holds you in his hand And will not let you fall. <br></br>~…</i></em></pre>
<p>Another little poem shared on the web that I cam across today:</p>
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<pre><em><i>If a sadness <br/><br/></i><i>Rises in front of you, <br/></i><i>Larger than any you have ever seen; <br/></i><i>If an anxiety, like light and cloud shadows, <br/></i><i>Moves over your hands and everything you do. <br/></i><i>You must realize that something is happening to you, <br/></i><i>That life has not forgotten you, <br/>That it holds you in his hand And will not let you fall. <br/>~ Rilke</i></em></pre>
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I'm preparing for…
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2012-12-05T14:29:17.729Z
Ria Baeck
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<p>...........</p>
<p>I'm preparing for a small convening this week and searching for a poem to use as a start-point. Sparked my curiosity - what are the favourite poems or quotes you use as start-points or after check-outs? Would love to discover them and add to the harvest on the ning (<a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and">http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems...</a>) </p>
<div>With…</div>
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<p>I'm preparing for a small convening this week and searching for a poem to use as a start-point. Sparked my curiosity - what are the favourite poems or quotes you use as start-points or after check-outs? Would love to discover them and add to the harvest on the ning (<a href="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems-and">http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/great-and-inspiring-poems...</a>) </p>
<div>With gratitude,</div>
<div><div>Amanda</div>
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<div>There are tons of books, but this site has the classics…<div><a href="http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html">http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html</a></div>
<div>Chris</div>
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<div>Hi Amanda.<div>With awareness that the moment has passed for you, there are two books I use often.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Fire-Poetry-Sustains-Courage/dp/0787969702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353449172&sr=8-1&keywords=teaching+with+fire">Teaching with Fire</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leading-Within-Poetry-Sustains-Courage/dp/0787988693/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1353449172&sr=8-2&keywords=teaching+with+fire">Leading from Within</a></div>
<div>Both are compilations that have the poem, and, the reason why the person who contributed it, did so.</div>
<div>Enjoy peeking around in these. Lots of favorites there for me.</div>
<div>Tenneson</div>
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A harvesting of poems from th…
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2012-12-03T21:18:47.417Z
Mary Alice Arthur
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<p>A harvesting of poems from the book "Teaching With Fire". Teachers select their favourite poems and tell why.</p>
<p>A harvesting of poems from the book "Teaching With Fire". Teachers select their favourite poems and tell why.</p>
Excerpt from: What I must t…
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2012-10-12T20:19:42.585Z
Mary Alice Arthur
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<blockquote><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span><i>Excerpt from:</i> <b>What I must tell myself<br></br></b> <br></br> Watching the geese<br></br> Go south I find<br></br> That<br></br> Even in silence<br></br> And even in stillness<br></br> And even in my home<br></br> Alone<br></br> Without a thought<br></br> Or a movement<br></br> I am part<br></br> Of a great migration<br></br> That will take me to another place.<br></br> <br></br> And though all the things I love<br></br> May pass away and<br></br> The great family of…</span></font></p>
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<blockquote><p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span><i>Excerpt from:</i> <b>What I must tell myself<br/></b> <br/> Watching the geese<br/> Go south I find<br/> That<br/> Even in silence<br/> And even in stillness<br/> And even in my home<br/> Alone<br/> Without a thought<br/> Or a movement<br/> I am part<br/> Of a great migration<br/> That will take me to another place.<br/> <br/> And though all the things I love<br/> May pass away and<br/> The great family of things and people<br/> I have made around me<br/> Will see me go,<br/> I feel them living in me<br/> Like a great gathering<br/> Ready to reach a greater home.<br/> <br/> When one thing dies all things<br/> Die together, and must live again<br/> In a different way,<br/> When one thing<br/> Is missing everything is missing,<br/> And must be found again<br/> In a new whole<br/> And everything wants to go home<br/> And the geese travelling south <br/> Are like the shadow of my breath<br/> Flying into the darkness<br/> On great heart-beats<br/> To an unknown land where I belong.<br/> <br/> This morning they have<br/> Found me,<br/> Full of faith,<br/> Like a blind child,<br/> Nestled in their feathers,<br/> Following the great coast of the wind<br/> To a home I cannot see. </span></font></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">-- David Whyte</p>
A nice poem on kindness, via…
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2012-01-09T09:08:31.488Z
Ria Baeck
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<p><strong>A nice poem on kindness</strong>, via Tenneson and Teresa.</p>
<p class="paragraph_style_2">From American / Palestinian poet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Shihab_Nye" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Shihab_Nye">Naomi Shihab Nye</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="style_2">Kindness</span><br></br><br></br>Before you know what kindness really is<br></br>you must lose things,<br></br>feel the future dissolve in a moment<br></br>like salt in a weakened…</p>
<p><strong>A nice poem on kindness</strong>, via Tenneson and Teresa.</p>
<p class="paragraph_style_2">From American / Palestinian poet <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Shihab_Nye" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Shihab_Nye">Naomi Shihab Nye</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="style_2">Kindness</span><br/><br/>Before you know what kindness really is<br/>you must lose things,<br/>feel the future dissolve in a moment<br/>like salt in a weakened broth.<br/>What you held in your hand,<br/>what you counted and carefully saved,<br/>all this must go so you know<br/>how desolate the landscape can be<br/>between the regions of kindness.<br/>How you ride and ride<br/>thinking the bus will never stop,<br/>the passengers eating maize and chicken<br/>will stare out the window forever.<br/><br/>Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,<br/>you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho<br/>lies dead by the side of the road.<br/>You must see how this could be you,<br/>how he too was someone<br/>who journeyed through the night with plans<br/>and the simple breath that kept him alive.<br/><br/>Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,<br/>you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.<br/>You must wake up with sorrow.<br/>You must speak to it till your voice<br/>catches the thread of all sorrows<br/>and you see the size of the cloth.<br/><br/>Then it is only kindness that makes any sense anymore,<br/>only kindness that ties your shoes<br/>and send you out in the day to mail letters and<br/>purchase bread,<br/>only kindness that raises its head<br/>from the crowd of the world to say<br/>It is I you have been looking for,<br/>and then goes with you everywhere<br/>like a shadow or a friend.</p>
Hi all. I have discovered the…
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2012-01-08T16:26:17.405Z
marco valente
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<p>Hi all. I have discovered the Letters to a Young Poet by RM Rilke only last summer and it is such a great leadership read! Timeless indeed.</p>
<p>On the topic of what is timeless, I shared this one to open a facilitated session and it was conducive to a good conversation about the times we are living in.</p>
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<p>"After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force. The upper trigram…</p>
<p>Hi all. I have discovered the Letters to a Young Poet by RM Rilke only last summer and it is such a great leadership read! Timeless indeed.</p>
<p>On the topic of what is timeless, I shared this one to open a facilitated session and it was conducive to a good conversation about the times we are living in.</p>
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<p>"After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force. The upper trigram K'un is characterized by devotion; thus the<br/>movement is natural, arising spontaneously. For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy. The old is discarded and the new is introduced. Both measures accord with the time; therefore no harm results."<br/>- I Ching</p>
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