@missgayle’s lyceum a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them threshold, the sacred, resilience, ethics, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 threshold, the sacred, resilience, ethics, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 The Man Watching by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More attention, the sacred, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 attention, the sacred, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 Hamlen Brook by Richard Wilbur Read More attention, the sacred, relationship, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 7/24/26 attention, the sacred, relationship, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 7/24/26 The Beautiful Changes by Richard Wilbur Read More resilience, the sacred, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/29/26 resilience, the sacred, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/29/26 In the Meantime by Tom Hirons Read More attention, the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 6/29/26 attention, the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 6/29/26 All That’s Required of You by James Pearson Read More resilience, attention, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/27/26 resilience, attention, the sacred, not one not two, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/27/26 The Gardener by Mary Oliver Read More attention, the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 6/24/26 attention, the sacred, threshold, resilience Gayle Karen Young 6/24/26 The Swan by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More resilience, the sacred, ethics, threshold, attention, relationship Gayle Karen Young 6/11/26 resilience, the sacred, ethics, threshold, attention, relationship Gayle Karen Young 6/11/26 The Facts of Life by Pádraig Ó Tuama Read More resilience, the sacred, ethics, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/7/26 resilience, the sacred, ethics, attention, threshold Gayle Karen Young 6/7/26 Instead of Depression by Andrea Gibson Read More attention, the sacred, ethics, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 6/7/26 attention, the sacred, ethics, threshold, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 6/7/26 You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Read More resilience, threshold, attention, the sacred, ethics Gayle Karen Young 6/6/26 resilience, threshold, attention, the sacred, ethics Gayle Karen Young 6/6/26 West Wind #2 by Mary Oliver Read More the sacred, ethics, resilience, not one not two, attention, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/31/26 the sacred, ethics, resilience, not one not two, attention, grief, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/31/26 Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada Read More the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 the sacred, ethics, not one not two, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 Come, Come, Whoever You Are by Rumi Read More grief, attention, not one not two, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 grief, attention, not one not two, the sacred, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 Leaves Falling by David Ignatow Read More threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 threshold, attention, ethics Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 Excerpts from “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes Read More attention, relationship, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 attention, relationship, resilience, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/24/26 This Practice by Ada Limon Read More grief, relationship, the sacred, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/23/26 grief, relationship, the sacred, ethics, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/23/26 Excerpts from “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green Read More ethics, resilience, threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/21/26 ethics, resilience, threshold, the sacred, attention Gayle Karen Young 5/21/26 Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry Read More resilience, attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/21/26 resilience, attention, threshold, the sacred, not one not two Gayle Karen Young 5/21/26 An Alchemy in the Bones by William Reichard Read More resilience, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/19/26 resilience, relationship, threshold Gayle Karen Young 5/19/26 Sonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes by William Shakespeare Read More Older Posts a commonplace book, or poems, prose, and the threads between them Email Address Sign Up Thank you!
threshold, the sacred, resilience, ethics, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 threshold, the sacred, resilience, ethics, not one not two, attention Gayle Karen Young 7/27/26 The Man Watching by Rainer Maria Rilke Read More
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