John Fox, Poetic Medicine & the Art of Listening

“Wherever I can find a place to sit down and write, that is my home.” Mary TallMountain At Groiler’s, the one-room poetry bookstore in Harvard Square, back in 1996, I bought a copy of Finding What You Didn’t Lose— John Fox’s first book, subtitled, “Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making.” “It’s important to be …

Lives That Touch Our Own: Karen Turner–More than English Professor

“Nobody sees a flower–really–it is so small–we haven’t time–and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe, American Artist     Many of you, I imagine, have had this same experience: A friend, teacher, pastor, rabbi, astrologist, lover, sister, doctor, neighbor–someone in life–is like a fixture. We take them for …

“Ask Me” a poem by Esther Elizabeth–and a Tribute to Ponong

  “The noblest and the wisest thing to do is to cherish others instead of cherishing yourself. This will bring healing to your heart,  healing to your mind, and healing to your spirit.” –Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying   We human being are a lot alike. Some build houses while others …