@missgayle’s lyceum a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them attention, resilience, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 attention, resilience, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 Cutting Loose by William Stafford Read More 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 threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Ríos 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 Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 Today as many times before by Anatoly Ivanushkin Read More threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 Ithaka by C. P. Cavafy Read More resilience, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 resilience, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 Snowdrops by Louise Glück Read More the sacred, threshold, resilience, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 the sacred, threshold, resilience, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 Be ahead of all parting, as if it had already happened by Rainer Maria Rilke 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 threshold, resilience, the sacred, grief Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, resilience, the sacred, grief Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 The Wild Iris by Louise Glück Read More attention, threshold, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 The Waking by Theodore Roethke Read More threshold, attention, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, attention, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Polaroids by Charles Wright Read More threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Don’t Worry by Mary Oliver Read More the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Excerpts from “The Four Quartets” Read More attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 a land not mine, still by Anna Ahkmatova Read More resilience, ethics, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 resilience, ethics, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Thanks, Robert Frost by David Ray 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 attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Letters to a Young Poet / Letter 4 by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 It is possible that I am pushing through solid rock Read More the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 I live my life in widening circles Read More Newer Posts Older Posts a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them Email Address Sign Up Thank you!
attention, resilience, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 attention, resilience, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 Cutting Loose by William Stafford Read More
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
threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/3/26 A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Ríos 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 Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 Today as many times before by Anatoly Ivanushkin Read More
threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/1/26 Ithaka by C. P. Cavafy Read More
resilience, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 resilience, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 Snowdrops by Louise Glück Read More
the sacred, threshold, resilience, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 the sacred, threshold, resilience, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/30/26 Be ahead of all parting, as if it had already happened by Rainer Maria Rilke 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
threshold, resilience, the sacred, grief Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, resilience, the sacred, grief Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 The Wild Iris by Louise Glück Read More
attention, threshold, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, not one not two, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 The Waking by Theodore Roethke Read More
threshold, attention, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, attention, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Polaroids by Charles Wright Read More
threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Don’t Worry by Mary Oliver Read More
the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 Excerpts from “The Four Quartets” Read More
attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/29/26 a land not mine, still by Anna Ahkmatova Read More
resilience, ethics, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 resilience, ethics, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Thanks, Robert Frost by David Ray 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
attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 attention, threshold, ethics Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 Letters to a Young Poet / Letter 4 by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More
the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 It is possible that I am pushing through solid rock Read More
the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 the sacred, attention, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 4/28/26 I live my life in widening circles Read More