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October 2013

October 28, 2013

After Breakfast

______________ It’s no surprise that we lose sight of the things closest to us—most of...

October 21, 2013

Repeatedly We Are Asked

______________ As human beings, we are asked to choose, more than once, if we are...

October 14, 2013

The Industry of No

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

October 07, 2013

Reduced to Joy

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

For Joel at 94

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

September 25, 2013

Between the City and the Sea

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

September 16, 2013

Discernment

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

September 08, 2013

Way of the Dolphin

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

September 02, 2013

One More Time

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Staying Close

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

August 19, 2013

What Others Have Touched

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The...

August 14, 2013

Where Is God?

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The...

August 05, 2013

Three Faces

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, has just been published. The book...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Feeling the Oar

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, is just being published. The book...

July 22, 2013

About Joy

______________ My new book of poems, Reduced to Joy, is just being published. The book...

July 15, 2013

Taking Turns

______________ Though we do our best to stay strong and keep going, it’s often the...

July 08, 2013

At Stadium and Drake

______________ Once in a while, we are stopped in our race through the days, like...

July 01, 2013

Where Paths Meet

______________ When we can be wholehearted, we welcome everything. Then, the journey is to see...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Lessening Our Pain

______________ Every life, in every age, has had to find its way: discovering a foundation,...

June 17, 2013

Without Pause

______________ The lives of great artists often hold deep lessons for the rest of us....

June 10, 2013

Splitting the Wood

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. It’s a paradox that sometimes what we...

June 03, 2013

On the Edge of God’s Shimmer

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. We are here to love the light...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

In Your Company

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. One of the wonders and rewards for...

May 20, 2013

Thou Art That

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. At ninety-three, my father is failing. He’s...

May 13, 2013

Lineage

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. Beyond family or the culture and religion...

May 06, 2013

The Hard Human Spring

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. Sitting on a bench in Central Park...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Getting Closer

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. This week’s poem explores the cloudlike veils...

April 22, 2013

How We Make Our Way

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. Over a lifetime, we are humbly changed...

April 16, 2013

Near the Light

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. Sometimes, in the midst of working through...

April 08, 2013

Going Home

Read Mark's weekly reflections on The Huffington Post. For all the dreams we dream and...

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