Category Archives: Poetry

When the world stops spinning

When the world stops spinningand you and I meet at lastI, in deficit, without shoes and starvingYou, abundant:Finally, in stillness,I accept what you’ve been trying to give © Meisaan Chan

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How the Spirit settles, II

Emptying yourself outis the greatest invitation for Spiritfor nothing takes more space than the self © Meisaan Chan

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Healthy soil holds death

Healthy soil holds deathit won’t be healthy until it does © Meisaan Chan

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Something always owns you

Something always owns yougood news: You get to choose your master © Meisaan Chan

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The partnership

If you want me to heal you,you must work

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Easter

Sunday readiness as earth tells darkened clouds: Yes and sky releases © Meisaan Chan

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Darkness of Michigan

Rain slashes, taps, drenches released from the sky O dark darkness of Michigan © Meisaan Chan

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The fact and the choice

I am with you: You can panic you can trust © Meisaan Chan

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Definitions

Few are identified by their dreams or their longings or even their passions; if you consider one’s actions, you will see that many are defined by their impulses and even more are defined by their fear © Meisaan Chan

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I am for you, says the Lord

I am for you, says the Lord I am the verdant path through desolation I am the great release I am the everlasting Yes: When you join my Yes, you join all these things; when you have the courage to … Continue reading

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