Category: Poetry

  • Trust

    Might we see ourselves reflected in each other Might we see beyound all differences Might we remember that we belong to each other without condition

  • Victoria Safford on freedom

    You know, we do it every day. Every morning we go out blinking into the glare of our freedom, into the wilderness of work and the world, making maps as we go, looking for signs that we’re on the right path. And on some good days we walk right out of our oppressions, those things…

  • Preservation of the soul

    Here is Jeffrey Mishlove’s interview with David Whyte on the preservation of the soul, waking up, and saving our lives. LOST Stand still. The trees ahead and bushed beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here. And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and…

  • Different voices

    The voice of intellect talks about facts and theories. The voice of emotion talks about joy and anger. The voice of will talks about effort and results. The voice of ego talks about pride and shame. The voice of soul talks about generosity and hope. Hold tensions rather than create them. Build bridges rather than…

  • Det gör ont när knoppar brister – Vila i den tillit som skapar världen (Karin Boye)

    “Ja, visst gör det ont när knoppar brister” ur “För trädets skull” (1935) av Karin Boye. Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister. Varför skulle annars våren tveka? Varför skulle all vår heta längtan bindas i det frusna bitterbleka? Höljet var ju knoppen hela vintern. Vad är det för nytt, som tär och spränger?…

  • There is no map to human behavior

    Björk Guðmundsdóttir on Human Behavior: “If you ever get close to a human and human behavior be ready to get confused there’s definitely no logic to human behavior but yet so irresistible there is no map to human behavior they’re terribly moody then all of a sudden turn happy but, oh, to get involved in…

  • Tomas Tranströmer

    “Den som ligger på rygg under de höga träden är också däruppe.” – Tomas Tranströmer  

  • Mary Oliver

    “Are you breathing just a little and calling it a life?” – Mary Oliver  

  • Tomas Tranströmer

    “Det finns mitt i skogen en oväntad glänta som bara kan hittas av den som har gått vilse” – Tomas Tranströmer ”In the middle of the forest there’s an unexpected clearing that can only be found by those who have gotten lost.” – Tomas Tranströmer