Seen From Above
Sacred Heart #20 On a dirt road lies a dead beetle.Three little pairs of legs carefully folded on his belly.Instead …
Author Archives: Marie Taylor
A Dream of Mountaineering
Sacred Heart #19 At night, in my dream, I stoutly climbed a mountain Going out alone with my staff of …
I have done my Best
Sacred Heart #18 “I have done my best.” That is about all the philosophy of living one needs. Lin Yutang (1895 …
Wild Geese
Sacred Heart #17 Above the boat, bellies of wild geese. Takarai Kikaku (1661–1707) was a Japanese haiku poet and among the most accomplished disciples …
Three Friends of Mine
Sacred Heart #16 Good night! goodnight! As we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the daysThat …
The Bulgarian
Sacred Heart #15 Write each of your poems as if it were your last. In this century, saturated with strontium, …
Enough
Sacred Heart 14 Trailing my stick I go down to the garden edge, call to a monk to go out …
The Merton Prayer
Sacred Heart 13 My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road …
Our Revels Now are Ended
Sacred Heart #12 “Be cheerful, sir: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all …
Gilgamesh
Sacred Heart #11 The destiny was fulfilled which the father of the gods, |Enlil of the mountain, had decreed for …
Remembering the Sacred Self 