Two Poems by Amy Leach

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

When Trees Dream of Being Trees The tree decided to stop growing after it grew its thousandth leaf. "No more," it whispered, and started throwing flimsily attached twigs and old nests down, and shaking the birds out. "I am a terrible tree! A thousand Read more [...]

i who have died am alive again today

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday;this Read more [...]

A Purification ~ A Life-Line

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: A Purification At start of spring I open a trench in the ground. I put into it the winter’s accumulation of paper, pages I do not want to read again, useless words, fragments, errors. And I put into it the contents Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 7

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Mindful Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for-- to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world-- to instruct Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 5

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. In Blackwater Woods Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the Read more [...]

In Gratitude for the Wild and Precious Life of Mary Oliver ~ (1935 – 2019)

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes away the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox; when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The ultimate concern of the human must be the integrity of the universe upon which the human depends in such an absolute manner . . . Even our sense of the divine comes to us mainly, not through scriptural communication, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well for we will not fight to save what we do not love. ~ Stephen J. Gould Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars. ~ Vincent Van Gogh Read more [...]

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Two Poems by Amy Leach

i who have died am alive again today

A Purification ~ A Life-Line

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 7

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 5

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

In Gratitude for the Wild and Precious Life of Mary Oliver ~ (1935 – 2019)

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line