One of the things I’ve noted over these years of sharing poetry is that so many poems wrestle with the same themes, especially this: how to honor and celebrate the world while also being conscious and attentive to pain and suffering. In his poem “Adrift,” spiritual teacher Mark Nepo names this paradox directly. This October, with its terrible news and bright autumn color, has been beauty and sadness, sadness and beauty, all the way through.
“This is how the heart makes a duet of
wonder and grief. ”
