Carried Across the Sky

Robert Thiefels

  • Rocking Chair

    I am one who likes sit and dream Or hold a child while I read to her. I have supposed only a mother might invent a rocking chair, To meet the need to lull a child to sleep In an… Continue reading

  • Surrender Dorothy

    The wicked witch skywriting on her broom– Surrender Dorothy– Hardly seems aware Of the Love that wants to carry her above the cloudy horizon, The Love that Loves her preciousness while Adorned as she is in her black dress And… Continue reading

  • Blue Lines

    Seeing the blue line appear under my words as I type I wonder who is keeping me in line, telling me forthrightly I have misspelled a word Telling me how to say something differently When maybe what I am saying… Continue reading

  • Shock and Awe

    The light shines in the darkness Revealing its own infinity And our incapacity to comprehend it– The beginning of real awe. The light shining in the darkness Shines on our own inner darkness As initial shock– Revelation of our little… Continue reading

  • Those who walk while asleep are wasting their time…

    For them there is only the past, present, future. They walk out of illusion into illusion Going along but never up. To be awake is to be aware of the vertical dimension– Of states of being, of evolution of consciousness,… Continue reading

  • Some People

    don’t have a dollar. Their numbers keep growing. Some don’t have a job. Some people have three jobs And still can’t make ends meet. Some people have ten dollars. Some have a hundred stashed in a box Some have a… Continue reading

  • Now Here Is Something Very Simple

    Now here is something very simple. I bear within me both the finite and the infinite. I live in time and eternity. I will die and I never will die. I am in God and God is in me, And… Continue reading

  • Sharings from the Lectio

    The Lectio Do you think you can only find God in one way? Then, consider this. You cannot find God in any particular way, since God isn’t bound to this way or that. So, don’t desire the way, but rather… Continue reading

  • The Dent in the New Dryer

    If you were standing there After the delivery men left You might have thought Only a dent-less dryer would ever make me happy, Agonizing as I was over a dent, hardly noticeable On the top left hand corner, right at… Continue reading

  • Guest Post by Brian Plachta: How to Find Flow and Jumpstart Your Spiritual Life

    When our car battery loses power, we often take out the jumper cables, open the hood, and jumpstart the battery to give it new life.  It’s the same thing with our spiritual lives—occasionally we need to step back, open the… Continue reading