Poems

I have been informed by many teachers and sustained by family and friends. I am grateful for my career in the law, and I’m thankful for the opportunity to be a coach and consultant. For as long as I can remember, I have loved language. Over the years, poetry has awakened and nurtured me. Today, I often use poetry with my clients to wrestle with big questions and frequent challenges.

Poetry is a raid on the inarticulate. Poets capture our interest, speak to the essence of the matter and galvanize us to take action. That is true for me, as it is for my clients.

• “Any Real Change,” James Baldwin
• “Courage,” Anne Sexton
• “Don’t Go Back to Sleep,” Rumi
• “For a New Beginning,” John O’Donohue
• “Give Me Your Hand,” Rilke
• “I Talk To My Body,” Anna Swir
• “Lingering in Happiness,” Mary Oliver
• “Love after Love,” Derek Walcott
• “Messy Room,” Shel Silverstein
• “Now I Become Myself,” May Sarton
• “On Telling Our Stories,” Frederick Buechner
• “Self Portrait,” David Whyte
• “Shoulders,” Naomi Shihah Nye
• “The Contract” (Leadership), William Ayot
• “The Guest House,” Rumi
• “The Journey,” Mary Oliver
• “The Real Work,” Wendell Berry
• “The Winds of Fate,” Ella Wheeler Wilcox
• “To Be of Use,” Marge Piercy
• “Trust the Mystery,” Frederic Hudson
• “When Someone Deeply Listens to You,” John Fox