O Nobly Born
O Nobly Born: The letters of Growing Humankindness

Latest poems

27
Oct

Dog is God Spelled Backwards

When I meditate or pray, I love to do so lying down, my body laying on the earth body. And
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20
Oct

Washing the Sheets

This morning I stripped the sheets off the bed, carried them to the laundry room, and started the machine. I
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09
Oct

Finding a Scorpion Nest in Your Closet

When I moved to Texas fourteen years ago, a friend said, "everything bites and stings in Texas." Since
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01
Oct

Coming Upon a Labyrinth on Your Walk Home

This fall has been a season of unwinding, of not knowing, of traveling a path of healing: waiting, listening, hoping,
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24
Sep

When You Find a Toad in your Dog's Water Dish

The other day, upon leaving the house, I found a surprise by my front door: a toad in my dog&
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17
Sep

On Coming Home to Your Body

Coming home to the body is a through line for me these days: learning how to listen to the body,
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10
Sep

Worry Medicine

Anxiety has burrowed a live stream in my body, vibrant and full, for most of my life. Learning how to
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02
Sep

Waiting for the Sunflowers to Die

Death is tender for me, as I imagine it's tender for many. This morning, a beautiful blue winged
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27
Aug

Offering

This summer, bless our landlord's kindness, we received a new, beautiful kitchen. The week before the demolition, I
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07
Aug

When Your Friend Asks What She Can Bring to the Party

This May my youngest child graduated from high school, then boarded a plane for Sweden a few days later. To
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