Christy--
It is nice when we write poems after someone important to us dies.
What if we challenged each other to write poems for someone living, so they can read them and know how they touched us?
:- Doug.
Hello, Christy,
I sent the information to Joe at Panhala about John's passing. I just wanted to be sure that Doug, who posted here, knows that David Whyte did indeed write and share this poem with John, in John's home deep in Conamara. Doug has such a good point about sharing poems, etc. with people dear to us while we are alive on this earth together.
I was in a group that David Whyte led on the West coast of Ireland in 1995 and met John, who for the first time, was assisting David , leading much of the 1st 5 days of our 10, taking us to his birth home on the Burren in Clare, meeting his mother there, for whom Beannacht was written, and to his almost finished renovation of an old cottage to be his home in the wilds of Conamara. From then on, John has been a dear mentor for me. I am happy to see your tribute to him.
Thank you Barbara for letting us know that this was while he was living. It was so kind of you to tell us.
To whom shall we write a poem?
Dear Doug, thank you for sharing your wonderful way of asking the big-heart questions! Always reminders of what really matters.
Dear Barbara, thank you very much for sharing some of the story of being blessed by the friendship you have had with your dear mentor. What a great treasure. One of my mentor-friends died almost a year ago and I am still in close touch with him.
love,
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