The power of place

There are places I'll remember
all my life.

Beatles

~

There are no unsacred places.
There are only sacred places
and desecrated places.

—Wendell Berry

Poem: Sleeping in the Forest

Poem: In the Nursing Home

Poem: The Road Not Taken

Poem: Unfortunate Location

Poem: At the Un-National Monument along the Canadian Border

Poem: Tenth Birthday

Poem: 44th Birthday Evening, at Harris’s

Poem: Sleeping Next to the Man on the Plane

Poem: Coming Up for Air

Poem: Baby Listening

Poem: Mammogram

Poem: In Praise of My Bed

Poem: Otherwise

Poem: Shopping

Poem: Housewarming

Poem: Digging

Poem: In the Museum of Your Last Day

Poem: Sestina

Poem: Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening

Poem: Dividend of the Social Opt Out

Poem: The Last Things I’ll Remember

Poem: Autobiography in five short chapters

Poem: The Sacred

Poem: There You Are

Poem: Lost

Poem: Soybeans

Poem: you can take it with you

Poem: Miracle Fish

Poem: Morning at Blackwater

Poem: In Blackwater Woods

Poem: Stebbin’s Gulch

Poem: The Pond

Poem: The Forest (from the poem Rain)

Poem: Black Snakes

Poem: The Snakes

Poem: Water Snake

Poem: Carrying the Snake to the Garden

Poem: Snakes in Winter

Poem: The Lamps

Poem: Shadows

Poem: Seven White Butterflies

Poem: Peonies

Poem: This Morning

Poem: At Blackwater Pond

Poem: Five A.M. in the Pinewoods

Poem: Fishing on the Susquehanna in July

Poem: So This Is Nebraska

Poem: Dishwater

Poem: Carry

Poem: Walking Beside a Creek

Poem: Five P.M.

Poem: A Summer Night

Poem: In an Old Apple Orchard

Poem: A Washing of Hands

Poem: Porch Swing in September

Poem: A Buffalo Skull

Poem: Central Park

Poem: At the Office Early

Poem: A Winter Morning

Poem: Lakeside

Poem: Boarding House

Poem: A Frozen Stream

Poem: The Fish

Poem: A Place in Kansas

Poem: Spring Plowing

Poem: Love

Poem: Genius

Poem: Istanbul

Poem: [Looking at photo print of pelvis bone floating in sky]

Poem: [O’Keeffe spoke of stretching canvas for a cloud painting 26 ft. × 8 ft.]

Poem: [O’Keeffe said a very old friend of hers—Dave—]

Poem: [O’Keeffe said when she first came to this area]

Poem: [In the studio on the white rug]

Poem: [One worker came to the sliding door]

Poem: [This afternoon we found one unconscious hummingbird]

Poem: [Standing at the window Ghost Ranch studio]

Poem: [Walking with O'Keeffe]

Poem: Eros at Temple Stream

Poem: Aware

On poetry & place

The Power of Place

Place practices

Calm place

Meeting place

Inner Advisor in a peaceful place

Inner Circle of Support

What are some of your favorite places?