The Sun Has Warmed the Way

 

I spend the early morning hours

pulling poems into creation.

They arrive quietly,

and the poems that cooperate,

I massage into meaning. 

Hoping for spiritual significance

to become visible

between the words.

Like the purity of petals

on the spring-blooming Bloodroot

when the venous leaf

unfolds its grip

because the sun

has warmed the way.

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations: Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

Reflective Listening

 

Now that you have

escaped the screens and devices,

the crowds and the traffic,

the offensive noise of he world,

you are fully capable

of engaging in

a deep, spiritual activity

of reflective listening.

Mindfully considering

the source of natural sounds.

Respecting the simplicity

of its genesis,

as you listen with reverence

and quiet alertness

to the silence that

precedes and concludes it.

© 2024 Richard Havenga