@missgayle’s lyceum a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them grief, relationship, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 grief, relationship, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 Love Letters by Timothy Liu Read More relationship, the sacred, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, the sacred, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e. e. cummings Read More relationship, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Excerpts from “A General Theory of Love” by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon Read More relationship, attention, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield Read More relationship, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Vow by David Whyte Read More ethics, relationship, imagination, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 ethics, relationship, imagination, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Excerpts from “Field Notes on a Compassionate Life” by Mark Ian Barach Read More attention, threshold, relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 attention, threshold, relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer (poem & book excerpts) Read More attention, threshold, relationship, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, relationship, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Two Dogs Ago by Michelle Latvala Read More relationship, the sacred, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 relationship, the sacred, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda Read More grief, relationship, ethics, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 grief, relationship, ethics, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Little Sleep's-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight by Galway Kinnell Read More attention, relationship, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 attention, relationship, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Of Love by Mary Oliver Read More relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Excerpt from “Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying” by Adrienne Rich Read More the sacred, relationship, ethics, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, relationship, ethics, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 On Love, Excerpt from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran Read More relationship, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Tan-y-Garth by David Whyte Read More grief, relationship, ethics, not one not two, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 grief, relationship, ethics, not one not two, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Elegy by Aracelis Girmay Read More the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Poem XI by Ibn 'Arabi Read More relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn Brooks Read More ethics, relationship, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 ethics, relationship, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 To Be of Use by Marge Percy Read More relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 [ t h e ] n o r t h [ e r n ] [ o f ] i r e l a n d by Pádraig Ó Tuama Read More relationship, resilience, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 relationship, resilience, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 Late Fragment by Raymond Carver Read More Newer Posts Older Posts a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them Email Address Sign Up Thank you!
grief, relationship, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 grief, relationship, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 Love Letters by Timothy Liu Read More
relationship, the sacred, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, the sacred, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e. e. cummings Read More
relationship, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Excerpts from “A General Theory of Love” by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon Read More
relationship, attention, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield Read More
relationship, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 relationship, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Vow by David Whyte Read More
ethics, relationship, imagination, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 ethics, relationship, imagination, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/2/26 Excerpts from “Field Notes on a Compassionate Life” by Mark Ian Barach Read More
attention, threshold, relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 attention, threshold, relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer (poem & book excerpts) Read More
attention, threshold, relationship, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, relationship, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Two Dogs Ago by Michelle Latvala Read More
relationship, the sacred, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 relationship, the sacred, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda Read More
grief, relationship, ethics, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 grief, relationship, ethics, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Little Sleep's-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight by Galway Kinnell Read More
attention, relationship, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 attention, relationship, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Of Love by Mary Oliver Read More
relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Excerpt from “Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying” by Adrienne Rich Read More
the sacred, relationship, ethics, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, relationship, ethics, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 On Love, Excerpt from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran Read More
relationship, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Tan-y-Garth by David Whyte Read More
grief, relationship, ethics, not one not two, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 grief, relationship, ethics, not one not two, attention, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Elegy by Aracelis Girmay Read More
the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Poem XI by Ibn 'Arabi Read More
relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn Brooks Read More
ethics, relationship, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 ethics, relationship, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 To Be of Use by Marge Percy Read More
relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 relationship, ethics, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 [ t h e ] n o r t h [ e r n ] [ o f ] i r e l a n d by Pádraig Ó Tuama Read More
relationship, resilience, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 relationship, resilience, the sacred Gayle Karen Young 4/27/26 Late Fragment by Raymond Carver Read More