We can’t go on like this. — “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “You can’t free a slave unless he knows he’s in bondage.” ~Dead Prez We can’t go on like this. No matter what popped into your head as the antecedent of “this,” you know…

I am one of thousands of teachers whose classes have moved online. This is a letter I wrote my high school seniors this evening. — I am one of thousands of teachers whose classes have moved online. This is a letter I wrote my high school seniors this evening. Dear Students, The world is changing so fast, it almost feels like the ground is crumbling away beneath our feet. I think about you all often…

A poet must go outside for at least ten minutes a day, no matter the weather. — A poet must go outside for at least ten minutes a day, no matter the weather. It is a mercy of the kind that leads me to continue to believe in a force…

I’m not one for waving a banner or bellowing: LOOK AT ME! — I’m not one for waving a banner or bellowing: LOOK AT ME! You looked anyway with a Presence that had dropped away enough falsity to awaken the Presence in me. To ignite my courage to drop away even…

We’re flipping channels one evening and come across a few minutes of a Trump rally. I can’t decide which disgusts me more: the fact that… — We’re flipping channels one evening and come across a few minutes of a Trump rally. I can’t decide which disgusts me more: the fact that he’s still holding rallies, or the fact that so many people are still attending them. I need a palate cleanser after that, so I turn…

I asked God: — I asked God: “How do I wear beauty with neither arrogance nor apology?” She answered: “Like a tree.”