{"id":6408,"date":"2019-04-02T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2019-04-02T07:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:22:35","slug":"ivan-m-granger-to-goslings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/02\/ivan-m-granger-to-goslings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan M. Granger – To goslings"},"content":{"rendered":"

To goslings
\nby Ivan M. Granger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

To goslings
\njust hatched, all the world
\nis a spring day<\/em><\/p>\n


\n\/ Image by Jlhopgood<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Today is my birthday. To paraphrase Dylan Thomas, it is my fiftieth year to heaven. Or, as I said on Facebook, I am now halfway to my first century.<\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d celebrate by sharing this poem of new life and fresh vision with you today. (And thank you to Kris H. for suggesting it!)<\/p>\n

I wrote this poem a few years back while on a walk by a local lake during a golden spring day. The Canadian geese were out, gliding through the water or on shore cropping at the grasses. Several paraded their new families of goslings. I watched these little ones, new arrivals to the world, with their fuzzy yellow feathers halloed by the sun. Such a pure moment of new life. I was reminded that that same life is in me too, and in everyone.<\/p>\n

Have a beautiful day!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Ivan M. Granger<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology)<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThis Dance of Bliss: Ecstatic Poetry from Around the World<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nReal Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nFor Lovers of God Everywhere: Poems of the Christian Mystics<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nDiamond Cutters: Visionary Poets in America, Britain & Oceania<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Books >><\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\"Ivan<\/a><\/td>\n\nIvan M. Granger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

US (1969 \u2013 )
\nSecular or Eclectic<\/a><\/a>
\nYoga \/ Hindu<\/a> : Advaita \/ Non-Dualist<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n

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Ivan M. Granger is the founder and editor of the Poetry Chaikhana<\/i>, a publishing house and online resource for sacred poetry from around the world. He is the author of Real Thirst: Poetry of the Spiritual Journey<\/i> and editor of The Longing in Between: A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology<\/i>. His poetry and translations have been included in several magazines and anthologies.<\/p>\n

Ivan grew up in Oregon and Southern California. He has also lived on the island of Maui. He now lives in Colorado with his wife, Michele.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoetry has an immediate effect on the mind. The simple act of reading poetry alters thought patterns and the shuttle of the breath. Poetry induces trance. Its words are chant. Its rhythms are drumbeats. Its images become the icons of the inner eye. Poetry is more than a description of the sacred experience; it carries the experience itself.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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Poetry Chaikhana readers often ask me about myself. Who is the guy behind all those poetry emails? What drew you to sacred poetry? And just what does \u201cPoetry Chaikhana\u201d mean?<\/p>\n

As a way to answer some of those questions, I thought I\u2019d post an audio interview<\/a> I did a few years ago. I talk a little about myself, and a lot about poetry \u2014 the transformational power of poetry, the ways poetry naturally expresses the sacred experience, the non-dogmatic nature of poetry. And I read a few poems.<\/p>\n

Click to listen: Interview with Ivan M. Granger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Email Ivan M. Granger<\/a><\/p>\n