Cracked & Imperfect

A poem for your Monday & an invite to a "Conversation in Poetry" with poet Maya Stein

The below poem was written today, day #54 of my (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing.

PS: I would love to have you join poet Maya Stein & me this Thursday, April 3rd for a Conversation in Poetry. See below for details (and a registration link that works this time!).

Day #54 of daily writing/sharing

Cracked & Imperfect

There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in —Leonard Cohen

If it doesn't have to be pretty or profound 
or perfect, maybe it can 
simply be true. 

And, what is true? 

The red flowering currant does not 
know how to try, yet, she fills
us with such glorious color, 

rivers do not need a map,
yet, they know 
just how to get to the sea—

our sun never speaks
a word, yet she
gives life to 				everything—

and, as the songwriter said:
the cracks are how the light gets in.

So, in case you need permission,
please, just be the you
that you are, simply speak
what is true—

let yourself be
cracked 
and imperfect—

it's how the light gets in.

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I am thrilled to share that poet Maya Stein & I will be having "A Conversation in Poetry” onThursday, April 3, 2025 at 4:00 (PST), 7:00 (Eastern).

NOTE: If you are unable to make it live, you will receive a link to the recording (if you register).

All of the details and the link to register are below. If, for some reason, the below links do not work in your email, click on the banner at the top of this page & link over on my SUBSTACK PAGE.

We would absolutely love to have you join us!

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Below words from Maya…

Poet Julia Fehrenbacher joins me to celebrate National Poetry Month as part of my new reading series, “A Conversation in Poetry.”

Seabird Hallelujah, the theme of our event, is inspired by a line of one of Julia's poems; we’ll use this as a loose guide for poems we’ll share. Interspersed with the readings will be an informal conversation in response to the poems, as well as the themes, concerns, ideas, and experiences that have risen up in the listening.

There will be space to ask questions, too! Some free tickets remain, as well as donation-based tickets ($10 suggested). Please click HERE to register (or on above image to register).

NOTE: There are 50 free tickets available, as well as 250 tickets by donation ($10 suggested). More donation-based tickets will be added if event count goes past 300

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