What are these poems about?<\/strong><\/p>\n Coming of age. Mother loss. Father loss. Loss of a childhood home. Family rifts and forgiveness. Aging. Reconnection with the natural world. Recognizing\u00a0Nature\u00a0as our greatest school and teacher. Finding our core creative spirit. Healing. Rebirth and illumination.<\/p>\n We call these \u201cRites of Passage\u201d; we often take them for granted, forgetting that the complexity and richness of these milestones makes them unique to each one of us. These are the moments I\u2019ve tried to re-approach in NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL.<\/p>\n Theses poems trace\u00a0our journey from shadow to light, and the unity that results when they embrace. A photograph needs dark and light;\u00a0 Yin and Yang circle and balance each other; every day we move through the marriage of dark and light;<\/p>\n Every day we are re-born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What are these poems about? Coming of age. Mother loss. Father loss. Loss of a childhood home. Family rifts and forgiveness. Aging. Reconnection with the natural world. Recognizing\u00a0Nature\u00a0as our greatest school and teacher. Finding our core creative spirit. Healing. Rebirth and illumination. We call these \u201cRites of Passage\u201d; we often take them for granted, forgetting … Continue reading ABOUT THE BOOK: \u201cNOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL<\/i>\u201d<\/span>