I love to write about specific poems, specific practices, the concrete realities of daily life. […]
Author Archive: Joseph
New Moon in Pisces: Cherishing Creativity
I have been working with the section in Donna Cunningham’s book Moon Signs on “Meditations […]
The Obscure World of Thomas Hardy’s Jude
As you got older, and felt yourself to be at the centre of your time, […]
Transforming Negativity
Imagine before you a clean, white cloth, maybe two or three feet square. You are […]
Soul Cartography, Part 3
This is Part 3 of a series. Take a look at Part 1 and Part […]
Soul Cartography, Part 2
I am teaching a class on Soul Cartography beginning March 8. As I mentioned in […]
Soul Cartography, Part I
I am teaching a class on Soul Cartography beginning March 8.”Soul cartography” is a name […]
Yeats, “The Song of Wandering Angus”
I went down to the hazel wood Because a fire was in my head. I […]
Rutilation: Threads of Gold Within
Imagine yourself as a lump of quartz. Firm, smooth, nicely faceted. This lump is your […]
Ted Hughes, Crow
His kingdom is empty -The empty world, from which the last cryFlapped hugely, hopelessly awayInto […]