A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

Above all, we ask the poet to teach us a way of seeing.

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.

Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.

Success produces success, just as money produces money.

We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.