Tag Archives: stillness

On the Porch

Posted on December 7, 2015 by alicebarrett

  Listen to the quiet between the passing cars. Listen to the quiet after the neighbors argue. . Feel the rough pod before you break open the milkweed. Rest before speaking. (Under the blister, soft skin is healing.) . Under … Continue reading →

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A great Waiting

Posted on September 2, 2015 by alicebarrett

Visions of jeweled trees are visions. Visions of dreaming gods are visions. I have one vision. . With open eyes I see life in quiet stones. Every pebble sits. Every green tree sits and breathes. Everywhere is a great Waiting. … Continue reading →

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Clearing the mind to see

Posted on November 12, 2014 by alicebarrett

          (for 30 Poems in November fundraiser) … His mind overtaxed with formulas, Jonas Salk retreated to Umbria. … What clears the mind to see? … Italian hillsides, Gleaming stone walls, The geometry of arches and … Continue reading →

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Cantus ad Introitum

Posted on January 22, 2014 by alicebarrett

. The first star, without pulse, Tears through the blue haze and black. . Vainglorious, brilliant beauty, It is a psalm falling from the tear, An antiphon waiting a response. . Then stars, one by one by one, emerge With … Continue reading →

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