Granite and Trees

Apple Poem

Teacher’s Apple Around the old wooden cafeteria tables, Reassembled and sanded for seminar use, We sit together to sort through the world, Such as it is, with an old man’s broken wisdom...

fire meditation

This summer I had occasion, with friends, to do some outdoor grilling over an open wood fire. It brought back memories of campfires I had started and stoked in the past, and it led to some reflections about...

Spaghetti al Marinara

Paen to Spaghetti a la Marinara   Start with the olive oil, squeezed from the fruit of gnarled, gray-leaved, shimmering trees, heated in the pan.  Next add garlic, fragrant onion-root, cloves of...

Poem: Red Squirrel

I saw a red squirrel Eat a yellow mushroom. Daintily he nibbled around The edge, turning it around And around as he feasted....... Until he noticed me watching........ Irritably he scrambled to a higher...

Service Learning Lesson

This hub might be a useful model for teachers who have an interest in what is lately being termed "Service Learning".  I found this project to be interesting and a good change of pace for students. However,...

still turning point

One whirl at a time,A spinning top or a carousel with painted horsesGaily rising and lunging to circles of circus  Music, dervishes of desire dancing,Around the still point of the turning world,Centered...

poem spring rain

During the spring rains,Between showers,I risk a walk to the river,Past the decaying log pile,On a copper carpetOf pine needles,Down the hill and betweenTwo large Eastern white pines,One living, one dead.I...

Amnesty Get On the Bus 2009

Here are some photos from this year's (April 17th 2009) Amnesty International Get on the Bus demonstrations in NYC. Students from all over New England from Highschools and Colleges attend to express their...

Easter Morning Poem

On a sun-rinsed Easter morning, The bird-feeder is empty with the lid raised. Squirrels were at work early. Refilled now, the birds grace The bare branches like living, singing leaves. They take their...