I love the phrase "an invitation to unform." So often I engage with pruning as an inconvenience, rather than trusting that something very good will come of it. Pruning has never fit into my master plan, but it can be so necessary!
Late in the spring this year I pruned my rose bushes, and one of them in particular I pruned all the way back. In fact, two weeks after pruning it I lopped off everything that was left because it all looked dead. I thought my rose bush was dead. But then another couple weeks later I noticed a single shoot. Now, late in the summer I see two new starts, both with blooms. It is a beautiful beginning and reminds me of the Parker Palmer quote, "allowing something to die in it's time creates the conditions in which new life can emerge."
Hey Barrett, your comment inspired me to use a phrase of yours in the poem I just finished and will publish on Sunday… so a big thank you! Love how you integrate Parker, roses and truth in your response. So glad it’s almost time to talk live with you. I’ve missed you and this time!
Although I could see this post and I received todays email telling about your poetry from the prose, I as a subscriber, could not see the poem. I must be missing something in the steps to access.
I love the phrase "an invitation to unform." So often I engage with pruning as an inconvenience, rather than trusting that something very good will come of it. Pruning has never fit into my master plan, but it can be so necessary!
Late in the spring this year I pruned my rose bushes, and one of them in particular I pruned all the way back. In fact, two weeks after pruning it I lopped off everything that was left because it all looked dead. I thought my rose bush was dead. But then another couple weeks later I noticed a single shoot. Now, late in the summer I see two new starts, both with blooms. It is a beautiful beginning and reminds me of the Parker Palmer quote, "allowing something to die in it's time creates the conditions in which new life can emerge."
Hey Barrett, your comment inspired me to use a phrase of yours in the poem I just finished and will publish on Sunday… so a big thank you! Love how you integrate Parker, roses and truth in your response. So glad it’s almost time to talk live with you. I’ve missed you and this time!
Although I could see this post and I received todays email telling about your poetry from the prose, I as a subscriber, could not see the poem. I must be missing something in the steps to access.