June 11, 2018

Inside and Out

June 11, 2018/ Nick LeForce

The craft of writing is a way of developing a relationship with your own unconscious, especially when you let words, images, and ideas bubble up from within, trusting they will form into a meaningful and coherent expression or crafting them consciously into coherence. In this way, writing accesses a deeper well of wisdom that can guide you in your life. What is your relationship with your unconscious? How do you cultivate the wisdom within you and bring it forth to guide your life?

May 10, 2018

Unintentionally Blank

May 10, 2018/ Nick LeForce

Anyone who has attempted the craft of writing, for any amount of time, will encounter those moments we call writer's block when you look at the blank page and feel daunted by the task of putting words to life. Sometimes I look back and find a page in my journal or an opened note in my computer that was left blank. One such incident served as inspiration for this poem: Unintentionally Blank.

May 08, 2018

Kaleidoscope

May 08, 2018/ Nick LeForce

Did you know that a group of butterflies can be called a Kaleidoscope? I bet there are also times when you feel happy and don’t know the reason why. How can you cultivate an inner environment that supports feeling happy for no reason? Perhaps you need a cookie made by invisible nuns…

May 03, 2018

Buddha Came, Uninvited

May 03, 2018/ Nick LeForce

We are the only species, as far as I know, that actually does not feel at home on the earth. We have divorced ourselves from the world and lost our sense of belonging. My cursory study of Buddhist philosophy reminds me of our alienation and offers an invitation to come home to ourselves, to find and realize the Buddha that lives in each of us.

February 14, 2018

Things To Do In Heaven

February 14, 2018/ Nick LeForce

Do you believe love can open the door to heaven? Happy Valentine's Day to Lovers everywhere!

February 10, 2018

All The Love We Need

February 10, 2018/ Nick LeForce

Sometimes, fewer words are wiser and capture deep truths in simple language. Poetry, more than any other form of communication, has the ability to do just that. "All The Love We need is in the love we give." The challenge is learning how to love what we love in our lives, including learning how to love ourselves.

January 24, 2018

Read A Love Poem First

January 24, 2018/ Nick LeForce

It seems many people rush into the day with little time to really transition from the dream world to waking reality. I recently got a book of Love Poems by Pablo Neruda and read one before my daily intent writing session. That act inspired the daily intent content for January 24, 2018, resulting in this poem.

January 08, 2018

No Greater Love

January 08, 2018/ Nick LeForce

In the world of instant gratification, and the immediacy of text messages and email, it is easy in relationships to interpret delay in reply negatively. I wrote this poem when a friend apologized when she did not reply immediately. If our hearts are big enough for the lives of others, we can let them roam and still hold them loved!

January 04, 2018

Magic

January 04, 2018/ Nick LeForce

For me, there is no shortage of magic in the world, only in the eyes and ears we bring to it. When we live with a spark in our eyes, a flame in our hearts, and a light in our soul, the world is a supernatural wonder, a kaleidoscope of ever-changing beauty, even amid the misery and craziness we often must endure in ourselves and in life. How do you keep the flame in your heart alive?

November 26, 2017

What Train Travel Does

November 26, 2017/ Nick LeForce

I wrote this poem while traveling on Amtrak across the USA, starting with the California Zephyr from Sacramento to Chicago and then the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington DC. The photos show some of the amazing countryside of America. When do you feel off track in your life and when on track? what do you do to slip off the old robes that no longer fit who you are as you evolve in life?

Poetry

Wording The World

Nick LeForce