Topic Tags: nature

“The stone, once mud  at the bottom of the ocean / pressed into rock by time, / will outlast me.”

Words to inspire the act of going into nature and finding a rock for sitting.

“You are / the most faithful of flora…”

“I touch the rough bark of a tree and it speaks, but only / in leaves and branches…”

“These seeds will fly without help…”

“Soon, the glory of the divine will appear / so naturally, and so inconspicuously…”

“We’ve escaped Chicago’s winter glad to take in Tucson Sun / as he paints the mountains / in unending displays of shapes…”

“Each breath a prayer. Each breath a Hope.”

These four prompts offer ways to share different experiences of gratitude at your Thanksgiving table. 

“I leave my safe haven / this night of purity and sighs”