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Beauty & the Heart

Chris McCombs, Chris McCombs poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry, Advaita / Non-Dualist poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Secular or Eclectic poetry by Chris McCombs
(1947 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
Secular or Eclectic
Contemporary

Weeping, cracking open
Falling to our knees
That is the Heart's response
To Beauty

If we are not wiped-out by beauty
It's a sign that we need more time in the oven
The knees have not been made ready
For what the Heart will soon bring

 

 

 

Themes

  Heart
  Smile
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Beloved: Love Poems to the Holy One, by Chris McCombs
Delicious Silence: Poems from the Tiger's Mouth, by Chris McCombs
The Lover's Road: Love Poems, by Chris McCombs

 

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