So We Practice Poems by Todd Griese
“So We Practice”, is a chronicle of Todd’s contemplations, his journeys into nature where he finds his deep meditation, his practice, breathing in and breathing out in the warm Coastal California sun – “the present moment/where true nature/is the only nature.” Todd has a profound connection to the earth, which he feels is his witness. For Todd, the ordinary world is transcendent in nature, as it is in the rivers of his grandsons’ eyes. For him, everything is transient, everything is sacred, and he hears “the immense silence/of winter’s whisper: Holy Holy Holy Holy/everything holy.” We are fortunate to be walking with Todd, and to witness with him “a complete confidence in the sacredness of the world.”
Published in association with Gandy Dancer Press