One to ponder...
"If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion."
--Zen Master Lin-Chi
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Poetry in Search of Meaning
Welcome to Conscious Living
Poetry is a special language connecting me to the deepest parts of myself and the whole of life. Writing and reading poetry helps me live more consciously on a daily basis. I invite you to read and enjoy the poems posted here. Comments are always appreciated and emails are also most welcome. To email me, click here. May you live a poetic life! Don Iannone
About Me
- Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.
- Forty+ year career in economic development, higher education, and healthcare. D.Div., Ph.D
Links
Poetry Links
- Michaela Sefler's Spiritual Poetry
- Famous Poets and Poems
- Garrison Keillor
- James Wright Poetry Festival
- Poets House
- Academy of American Poets
- Poetism
- Verse Links
- Electronic Poetry Center
- Electronic Poetry Review
- Craig Hill's Poetry Scoreboard
- About.com Poetry Blogs
- Ohio Poets
- Larry Smith's Poetry Homepage
- Loren Webster's Poetry Site
- Some James Wright Poems
- Some Gary Snyder Poems
- Salem Poetry Blog
- Pat Paulk/Laughing Ghosts
- Poets 101
- Zafusy Poetry Journal
Special Places
- Cleveland, My Home: Visual Tour
- Holden Arboretum
- Saguaro National Park
- Sabino Canyon
- Point Lobos State Reserve
- Mepkin Abbey
- St.Clairsville
- Martins Ferry
- St. Clairsville HS Class 1969
- Cleveland Botanical Garden
- Amelia Island Plantation
- Boulders, Carefree, Arizona
- Highland Inn, Carmel, California
- El Encanto Hotel & Garden Villas, Santa Barbara
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
Interesting Resources
- Headfooters Gallery
- Pamela Wilson's Satsang
- Eckhart Tolle
- Spiritual Teachers
- World Political Leaders
- Time 100 Leaders
- Cleveland Bridge Builders
- Business Leaders
- Business Thought Leaders
- CyberJournalists.net
- NY Times Back to 1851!
- Boomer Radio (Try It!)
- Western Reserve Historical Society
- Cleveland Memory Project
Spirituality Links
Blog Archive
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- allow the light to shine through youGlouchester Ca...
- our experience..."We are not human beings having a...
- could this be true?"It's a kind of spiritual snobb...
- without joy, where are we?"Man cannot live without...
- things are getting pretty bad out there...
- should i use a hoover or a dyson?Q: Why did it tak...
- yogi's first trip to the dentist..."Did you hear a...
- meditation jokes..."Meditation - You have the righ...
- live consciously..."Wisdom is not a question of le...
- in your dreamsPhoto Credit: Starceiling.com
- can you imagine when love first arose?In the begin...
- clinging..."Life is both pleasure and pain, is it ...
- Winter SunrisePhoto Credit: Agriculture Dept., CSU...
- create some space for truth..."To teach is to crea...
- try your beliefs..."Believe nothing merely because...
- Merry Christmas!My only wish for the world on this...
- Memories from the 1950sStone & Thomas Dept. StoreW...
- Christmas Tree, Sterling-Lindner-Davis, Cleveland,...
- Christmas, 1955Higbee's Department Store, Clevelan...
- parceling out our compasssion..."...everbody think...
- the natue of mind is pure..."Our teacher, Sakyamun...
- Cleveland's Public Square, 1912Photo Credit: U.S. ...
- Cleveland's Luna Park, 1905Photo Credit: U.S. Libr...
- he who pens the past..."Imagination plays too impo...
- history's myth..."To know the truth of history is ...
- on history and poetry..."Historical sense and poet...
- Holiday CookiesPhoto Credit: Stan Sholik
- what our mind dwells upon..."If the Mind dwells up...
- seek inner harmony..."To be wise is to live in an ...
- ice slivers clingto upstretched branches--reaching...
- in patience there is peace..."Your world needs to ...
- 'tis the season..."Be kind and merciful. Let no on...
- living in the moment...“Treat each moment like a n...
- Look out your window,Open your eyes--so you can se...
- the choice to love..."Love is a choice you make fr...
- the death of love..."Love never dies a natural dea...
- first love..."How on earth are you ever going to e...
- ice crystalsPhoto Credit: FreeNaturePhotos.com
- what's really important?"Living with the immediacy...
- what is self?"The Self usually begins as a random ...
- EmbracePhoto Credit: Paul Klee Collection
- clear the dust from your mirror...“The Body is lik...
- wish to learn a little sanskrit?Visit the Digital ...
- motivation in buddhist psychology..."Perhaps the m...
- Remembrance of a GardenPhoto Credit: Paul Klee Col...
- waiting for the full moon mind..."Clear mind is li...
- the inevitable..."A flower falls, even though we l...
- one from gentle-man jack...Had to pass this one al...
- we need this as winter falls upon us with her cold...
- understanding the continuum..."There is no well-de...
- also consider..."A truth that's told with bad inte...
- on honesty..."A half truth is a whole lie." ~Yidd...
- change the world, change the heart..."To put the w...
- One man's life--but a single drop of water.One man...
- i beg thee, tell me where to find truth..."It is i...
- what do we really know?"A child said, What is the ...
- things look different?Conscious Living has a new l...
- Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, OhioBy James Wrigh...
- before we despair, remember..."Although the world ...
- sit with this..."Emptiness is in fact form when we...
- from the meditation cushion: is life really a jour...
- Blessed be the Christmas tree--the symbol of eter...
- Count your heart's reasons..."The heart has its re...
- Tuesday Thought: The Early Days of LoveNo time of ...
- How true..."I know nothing except the fact of my i...
- Monday Thought: Remember"Every primeval withdrawal...
- Expect enchantment in your life, but allow it to s...
- Sunday Thought: Walk the Medicine WheelFour Eleme...
- Mysticism"Mysticism is usually defined in dictiona...
- Things looking up...Photo Credit: Paul Downey Blog
- Saturday Thought: What Do i Know?"I know nothing e...
- Being/NonbeingIn the beginning Love arose,which wa...
- Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan's TeachingsTranscend t...
- My heart takes flight...
- Friday Thought: Follow the Meditative Path"These t...
- One to ponder..."Among the blind, the squint rules...
- Prairie GrassPhoto Credit: alice.bowe
- One for the road..."The mind, the Buddha, living c...
- Makes you want to laugh..."Since everything is but...
- Thursday Thought: How We Live"Thus we see that the...
- Winter in the distance, and yetnot so far away.
- On Enlightenment..."Anything that is created must ...
- Wednesday Thought: Our Religion?"My religion is to...
- One to ponder..."If you live the sacred and despis...
- Winter sunPhoto Credit: AAA Themes
- One to ponder..."The religion of the future will b...
- Tuesday Thought: We All Need TeachersAll know the ...
- Monday Thought: Our Nonsense"Just as the highest a...
- Winter Berries and Signs of What IsPhoto Credit: P...
- Imagine Waking Up to This Winter Wonderland
- Sunday Thought: Make the Case for Change"The most ...
- One to remember..."Following the course of least r...
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