by Avie | Apr 1, 2020 | poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, Have you noticed any influx of poetry in your life during this time of the serious need for our response to Coronavirus? I have. ‘Course you may know my fondness for poetry, it has shown up in these letters before. Recently, with the stressful...
by Avie | Mar 6, 2020 | poems
The Art of Listening I knew something of conversation, or so I thoughtuntil I listened to another.Knew something of the talk, the sounds the chatter,But to listen and to speak when moments call,that is far greater.Of conversations past, I no longer can remember,Since...
by Avie | Mar 2, 2020 | poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, This week I offer you a poem. William Stafford touches into a silence that resonates with the sacred art of listening – at least to my ears. If this poem resonates with you, with your listening practice, or with anything that moves you, I would...
by Avie | Jan 25, 2020 | experiences of Listening, gratitude, poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, It is possible that anyone who has listened, really listened, knows that failure is unavoidable. Listening seems to stand out in relief, particularly during moments when it is not happening. Even when we have dedicated ourselves to practicing the sacred...
by Avie | Dec 29, 2019 | poems
Dear Listener, There is much that can be said about the value of listening. We have been exploring the value of listening for over 11 years at the LP. It feels as if there is no limit to the value of listening, one human being to another human being. Yet...
by Avie | Dec 13, 2019 | Letting Go of Outcome, poems
Centering A passage from “The Excursion,” by Willian Wordsworth I have seenA curious child, who dwelt upon a tractOf inland ground, applying to his earThe convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell;To which, in...
