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Why Write In a Time of Turmoil?
It's easy enough to say what I do.
I write poetry and prose, translate from Tamil and from Spanish, speak and perform and teach around the world, and mentor people one-on-one and by way of Cozy Grammar.
But what matters even more than what is why, especially in these tumultuous times.
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If you pressed me to express it, I would stop for a moment and then say what I felt was true.
It might come out something like this:
As night falls on Sunday
the floor swept the rug clean
I can almost imagine
the whole world at peace
without oceans dying out
whole peoples disappearing
fire and smoke rising
as we race to the finish
where all that we know
will be finished
how can one sleep in peace
and yet we must sleep
to keep rising awake
able to walk and
work another way
where resting at evening
as the sun falls away is
peace is enough
is a world in itself
working to be whole
once more
Or at least that's how it came to me in "Sabbath," from The Safety of Edges, which says part of what I'd want to tell you.
If you’d like to join me in exploring the arts of sleeping in peace and rising awake, allow me to accompany you in your inbox.
A few times a month we'll get to be together in the swirl of life, and I'll share writing, poems, and new insights with you.
Or if you'd like to learn more about me, take a peek at how I began doing what I do.