Imagined problem solversProvide surreal solutions;Does the hummingbirdDeliver honey in its beakTo the wings of beesUnder the eaves of barns? Hummingbirds

Sometimes I don’t wantWhat I oughtI crave thingsI should not The demands of the body,Soft substanceMarbled muscle and fatBetween skin and

Sunlight glides through the treesAs the forest goes about its busy dayGathering lightProducing foodIt grows and energizes dormant lifeUnseen activity

Squinting past the tangled threads of lifeI glimpse distant radiant lightsMany fade into obscuritySome surrender their grace,Yet in perpetual processionCountless

What Force of LoveLove powerfully moves our soulsWith acts both kind and boldBut not all acts of love are happySome

In the Event: Living with an Earthquake, by Mark B. Jabusch, is a riveting, firsthand account of one of the