A Poem For Today - Sunrise

[KEN DICKINSON]

From the archives

Sunrise

 

You can

die for it--

an idea,

or the world. People

 

have done so,

brilliantly,

letting

their small bodies be bound

 

to the stake,

creating

an unforgettable

fury of light. But

 

this morning,

climbing the familiar hills

in the familiar

fabric of dawn, I thought

 

of China,

and India

and Europe, and I thought

how the sun

 

blazes

for everyone just

so joyfully

as it rises

 

under the lashes

of my own eyes, and I thought

I am so many!

What is my name?

 

What is the name

of the deep breath I would take

over and over

for all of us? Call it

 

whatever you want, it is

happiness, it is another one

of the ways to enter

fire.

 

Mary Oliver

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[Chris Wells]

Beautiful

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[Isabel Torres-Carrilho]

Powerful!

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[K. Lauren de Boer]

Thank you Ken - this poem came through just as I was enjoying this sunrise over the Sacramento River…

K. Lauren de Boer
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[Ken Dickinson]

Great Synchronicity Lauren

Hugs

Ken

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On Oct 13, 2025, at 2:36 PM, K. Lauren de Boer <poetl...@gmail.com> wrote:



Thank you Ken - this poem came through just as I was enjoying this sunrise over the Sacramento River…

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[John Jai Conley]

Lovely words and images…thanks to all.

Jai

The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.

John O’Donohue

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