the golden sun, its stillness, and its graces

may you find a clearing

Art: In the Woods, Oil on Canvas, Asher Brown Durand, 1855, Open Access

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The Mirror

by A.A Milne

Between the woods the afternoon
Is fallen in a golden swoon,
The sun looks down from quiet skies
To where a quiet water lies,
And silent trees stoop down to the trees.
And there I saw a white swan make
Another white swan in the lake;
And, breast to breast, both motionless,
They waited for the wind's caress. . .
And all the water was at ease.

From When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne, Methuen & Co. Ltd. (London), 1924

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Creative Invitation

What creates for you this sense of calm, tenderness, stillness? Bring the feeling awake in you and dwell there for a moment. Write, draw or savor how this peace lives inside your body.

My mother recited this poem by A.A. Milne to me from memory as a child, and yesterday. I love the sense of well-being that suffuses the words. A.A. Milne is also the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore—so versatile.

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