August 7, 2013
by Pam Bell
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The Lily – a poem by Mary Oliver Night after night darkness enters the face of the lily which, lightly, closes its five walls around itself, and its purse of honey, and its fragrance, and is content to stand there … Continue reading
June 18, 2013
by Pam Bell
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The Lover of Earth Cannot Help Herself In summer, through the fields of wild mustard, then goldenrod, I walk, brushing the wicks of their bodies and the bright hair of their heads – and in fact I lie down that … Continue reading
March 20, 2013
by Pam Bell
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What to Remember When Waking In that first hardly noticed moment to which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the … Continue reading
February 20, 2013
by Pam Bell
Comments Off on Your Story is Not Over, The Ink Hasn’t Dried
Your Story is Not Over, The Ink Hasn’t Dried Wake up, wake up The ink hasn’t dried The story of you/me/them/us Echoes in the pages, in the folds Of what we don’t say And what we choose to hear The … Continue reading
December 5, 2012
by Pam Bell
Comments Off on The Essential Nature of Happiness
The Essential Nature of Happiness With the approaching Christmas holiday and the inherent stress of gift giving, I thought it timely to reflect upon and write about the essential nature of happiness. It is my belief that happiness is the … Continue reading