Poetry

Apr 15, 2012
2 min

Envision and Enact

I once took a class from Sybil Rampen, where she showed us a bag she had purposely put holes into, to symbolize the “hard times” she had...

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Carol Wiebe

Apr 2, 2012
2 min

Work Is a Very Serious Matter

David Whyte knows whereof he speaks when it comes to the meaning of “work.” He has been bringing poetry to the corporate world for...

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Carol Wiebe

Apr 1, 2012
1 min

Steeling You For Revelation

David Whyte is not a typical poet. He performs his readings to share his own writing, which will stir your soul, and the poetry of...

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Carol Wiebe

Mar 30, 2012
1 min

Orange

I don’t know why, but a number of years ago I fell in love with orange. Fiery, warm, incendiary, bright, saucy, scintillating, lush...

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Carol Wiebe

Mar 24, 2012
1 min

Beyond My Understanding

Of the Surface of Things I In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four...

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Carol Wiebe

Mar 15, 2012
1 min

In the Company of Artists

Spring is close enough to taste, and to celebrate, I am off to party, as only artists can, with a group of women ~ at Sand Lake, near...

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Carol Wiebe

Mar 1, 2012
1 min

A Constant Bride

.When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms....

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Carol Wiebe

Feb 28, 2012
1 min

Happy Birthday, Mom!

In the company of our Elders we get a sense of where we came from, and where we are headed. When Elders speak, we need to open ourselves...

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Carol Wiebe

Feb 22, 2012
1 min

Like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

. Denial It’s so easy to keep walking, to keep working, to keep talking, without thought of why we do it only wanting to get through...

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Carol Wiebe

Feb 20, 2012
1 min

A Little Bit of Poet’s Paradise

Thanks to my connection with Julianne Fuchs-Musgrave, I was made aware of a wonderful collection of readings by various poets. Poets in...

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Mary Oliver, Happier Than She’s Ever Been

Carol Wiebe

Feb 9, 2012
2 min

Mary Oliver, Happier Than She’s Ever Been

I have loved the work of Mary Oliver for many years. Reading a poem by Oliver fills me, allows me to revel in a feeling so beautifully...

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Carol Wiebe

Dec 24, 2011
1 min

The Red Bird Abides

. Yesterday I posted my latest painting (21″ x 21.5,”). It is one of those pieces I put it out with fear and trembling. It means so much...

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Carol Wiebe

Dec 9, 2011
2 min

Waking and Seeing

. I challenge you to read David Whyte and avoid being impelled to think deeply about what he has to say. Whether through his prose or...

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Carol Wiebe

Dec 8, 2011
1 min

The Act of Crossing

. Whether you are crossing out a word as you write, crossing a bridge or a swamp, telling a joke about unlikely crossings or perhaps...

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Carol Wiebe

Dec 6, 2011
1 min

It Has To Do With Seeds

.. .. You never know when something you have said or done plants a seed in another’s mind, ready to bear fruit in the future. It’s too...

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Carol Wiebe

Dec 4, 2011
2 min

Periphery

. Everyone wants to be at the center of attention, but I always look towards the edge, the periphery. People are more real out there,...

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Carol Wiebe

Nov 30, 2011
1 min

Preferences

. . Absolute clarity is a rarity. Our view is often blurred or partially obscured. Yet, decisiveness is expected, Hesitation is not...

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Carol Wiebe

Nov 29, 2011
1 min

The Only Life You Can Save

. Some people spend all their time trying to jump through the hoops that others hold in front of them. That doesn’t interest me. The...

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Carol Wiebe

Nov 26, 2011
1 min

Open Your Hands to the World

. Love Knot It’s too easy to just play it safe, to try and keep things quiet and serene. The spirit feels caged by such an attitude. Mary...

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Carol Wiebe

Nov 24, 2011
1 min

Go Among Trees

. Breakthrough We long for breakthroughs, for the illuminating light at the end of the tunnel, for enlightenment that will banish our...

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