by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Questions from Sitting on the Edge We sit here on the edge, my friends and I, Safe on our high perch watching time go by. The angry waves crash upon the rocks below; We strive to understand what we do not know. What can I do with the sorrow that I see? How can I come...
by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 15, 2020 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
I watch my mind’s thoughts. I hunt for clues in my words spoken casually to others. I search my feelings about how my words are spoken and received. I take note of my thoughts about how I appear to others, the way I comb my hair, the way I say the things I say. And...
by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 5, 2020 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
Gut messages They pile up, ideas, dreams, hopes, one on top of the other. They cram in from both sides until I am squished inside this tiny box that my overworked mind has created, a set of confining rules that limit my vision to just the tiny spectrum of exhausted...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 29, 2020 | Newsletter, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
By definition discernment is: “the quality of being able to perceive, grasp, and comprehend what is obscure”. On the mental level, it is being able to see the intricacies and nuances of a complex situation and make an appropriate decision. When we add the spiritual...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 14, 2020 | Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living, Conscious Living Poetry, mindful poetry, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
Secrets hold secrets and still more secrets until the life is but a mystery. Secrets cover boundaries disguising them until there is no place left that is sacred, until the seeker is lost in her own thoughts not knowing where to begin, where to end. Suspicion blankets...