That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.

The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.

Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action. The uses to which it may be applied are limited only by an individual's imagination.