Selected Poems

Selected Poems

In their conversation, Krista recites a line by Rilke in which she says she found resolve while creating this radio program. Ms. Macy reads this popular piece, which she says has become "theme song of the deep ecology movement."

Here, Ms. Macy tells a story of how she came to translate this poem after a famous Rilke translator took a pass. And she reads her translation for us.

Read or listen to Adnan Onart's poem featured in this program, and enjoy three more — including "Morning Prayer," which he submitted for his essay.

by John Paul Lederach

A poem by John Paul Lederach about his wife and her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

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