@missgayle’s lyceum a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/9/26 threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/9/26 The Song of the Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats Read More attention, ethics, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 attention, ethics, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 Excerpts from the Tao Te Ching Read More threshold, ethics, resilience, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 threshold, ethics, resilience, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 Words by Wendell Berry Read More attention, resilience, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 attention, resilience, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 What Is Usual Is Not What Is Always by Jane Hirschfield Read More relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 Serenade by Djuna Barnes Read More the sacred, threshold, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 the sacred, threshold, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 My life is not this steeply sloping hour by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More ethics, grief, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 ethics, grief, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 Home by Warsan Shire Read More threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 A Reading from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama Read More the sacred, attention, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 the sacred, attention, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 I believe in all that has never yet been spoken by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More threshold, the sacred, relationship Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 threshold, the sacred, relationship Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 The way of love is not a subtle argument by Rumi Read More resilience, threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 resilience, threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limon Read More ethics, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 ethics, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova Read More 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 Newer Posts Older Posts a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them Email Address Sign Up Thank you!
threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/9/26 threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/9/26 The Song of the Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats Read More
attention, ethics, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 attention, ethics, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 Excerpts from the Tao Te Ching Read More
threshold, ethics, resilience, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 threshold, ethics, resilience, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 Words by Wendell Berry Read More
attention, resilience, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 attention, resilience, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/7/26 What Is Usual Is Not What Is Always by Jane Hirschfield Read More
relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 Serenade by Djuna Barnes Read More
the sacred, threshold, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 the sacred, threshold, attention, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 My life is not this steeply sloping hour by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More
ethics, grief, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 ethics, grief, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/6/26 Home by Warsan Shire Read More
threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 threshold, ethics, the sacred, resilience Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 A Reading from the Book of Exile by Pádraig Ó Tuama Read More
the sacred, attention, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 the sacred, attention, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 I believe in all that has never yet been spoken by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More
threshold, the sacred, relationship Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 threshold, the sacred, relationship Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 The way of love is not a subtle argument by Rumi Read More
resilience, threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 resilience, threshold, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/5/26 Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limon Read More
ethics, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 ethics, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/4/26 I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova Read More
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