Tag Archives: George Whipple

Where Do Poems Come From? Prado and Whipple Respond!

April 1, 2018 – 9:34 pm

Human Rights I know God lives in me as in no other house. I am his countryside, His alchemical vessel, and, to his joy, His two eyes. But this handwriting is mine. Adelia Prado (1935 – ) trans. by Ellen Dore Watson from Ex-Voto, Tupelo Press, 2013 My Art My art is not the least […]

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Poetry-As-Prayer – Calgary Nov. 27th and 28th, 2015

November 6, 2015 – 10:46 pm

                                            Dedication I sing for you. I am made for song. It is my purpose, to invent new music, as a kind of prayer that everything is, a cane tapping, a child running, the […]

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Poetry As A Spiritual Practice – Aching For The Roof

March 15, 2012 – 4:51 pm

I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through listen to this music Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz (1320-1389) from Love Poems from God, trans. Daniel Ladinsky, Penguin 2002 The Sufi poet Hafiz, in his poem above  reminds me I am more than just a physical creature; the breath of the divine moves […]

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