haiku: our daily grace

haiku: our daily grace

Western sky gleaming
Bluebirds return to the roost
evenings parting grace

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
May 30, 2022

video by author

Author’s note: watch video closely
to see the Bluebirds return to roost

quote: “To be alive is to be vulnerable.”

poem: the peace of kindred spirits

poem: the peace of kindred spirits

beyond our struggles with sentimentality,
hubris, conceit, nostalgia; and subduing
our apathy, helplessness, and perverse
notions of suffering

manifesting our inner True Self,
coming to full fruition, joining
with others in the mutuality of belonging
together in authentic communities

realizing the deep knowing and peace
of meeting the other and connecting
as kindred spirits; two lost pieces
of a puzzle fitting effortlessly together

now the bigger picture beyond self
arising into relief and clarifying its movement
towards deeper and more inclusive
authentic, complementary wholeness

my deepest gratitude and appreciation
for you kindred spirits who see me,
and I, you, wounded healers all,
dear friends belonging in beloved community

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
May 12, 2022

art image unattributed

poem: the humility of aging

poem: the humility of aging

in the falling upward of aging
a broken ankle nurtures humility
to appreciate the smallest acts

the kind hellos of others
the understanding of strangers
a snack of peanut butter and crackers
ice and a straw for a cold drink of water

one becomes an aficionado
of the ordinary grace of
falling upward on our journey Home

Herb Stone
here&now working poetry
May 4, 2022

Author’s note: Written after a 14 day
hospital and short term rehab stay with
my wife due to complications with
her broken ankle.