poetry wednesday : the gift of an infant mind.

December 23, 2009 in Uncategorized

Season

The season is the heart star.

What escapes now will be remembered.

What escapes now was once thrown

Off like a shirt or saddle.

Ridden into Bethlehem to be borrowed,

Then given; this is it: the one noise,

A rock, cobalt, and a book, a cow-child

Is giving us a gift.

It is the gift of an infant mind.

-Jan Gibson

[image from one of my favorite photographers, Gwyn Michael]

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.