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Beginner's Heart
‘doubts and loves’ ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I ran into an old poem-friend today — Yehudi Amichai’s “The Place of Right & Wrong.” I’m thinking about the images — how ‘the place where are right/ is hard and trampled/ like a yard.’ But doubts? ‘doubts and loves/ dig up the world.’ Right is a kind of scorched-earth policy, if you think about…
poetry, memory & 9/11 ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Sometimes only poetry suffices… When my mind refuses to comprehend hatred, murder, war and profound grief, poetry is a map to somewhere out of fire and ash. A map through the darkness to a light that may still be a long way off. Even now ~ Here are other, better words remembering the ongoing tragedy…
kindergarten teacher bashing ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Okay, now I’m just mad. And I’m trying — as always! — to do something other than just fume. Here it is, my attempt to address grievances. It’s far too late in the game to redress them….:( Here’s a link to an interview w/ that spokesperson for the ultra-conservative, Ann Coulter. In it, Coulter dismisses…
sportsmanship, homeruns, and infinite good ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
This is one of the more moving videos I’ve seen. It’s about a player who hits a homerun, an injury, and the big-heartedness of a very special couple of opposing team players. This is beginner’s heart in action. And here’s wishing that it goes viral, that our political system watches it, and that the world…
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