Tag Archives: David Whyte

Abandon the Shoes That Brought You Here

By Robin Bates | Published: August 7, 2020

David Whyte and Lucille Clifton both have poems about Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee. For both it means stepping into uncharted paths.

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The Old Wild Place Beyond All Shame

By Robin Bates | Published: June 1, 2019

My friend Sue Schmidt alerted me to this Easter season meditation by Richard Rohr that uses a David Whyte poem to explain what Jesus meant when he said, “Anyone who wants to save his life must lose it. Anyone who loses her life will find it.” Rohr believes that Jesus is not calling for people […]

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Three Poems for Surviving Trump

By Robin Bates | Published: October 17, 2017

Hope is needed in the face to emotional exhaustion over Trumpism. Here are three poems about finding hope in dark times.

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The New Moon, A Prayer Opening to Faith

By Robin Bates | Published: December 17, 2016

In a powerful Advent poem, David Whyte compares waning faith with the waning moon. The poem reminds me of poems by John Keats and Lucille Clifton.

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“We the People,” Nourishing Words

By Robin Bates | Published: March 9, 2016

In “Loves and Fishes” David Whyte pushes against the information age by pleading for poetry’s respect for language. “One good word is bread for a thousand,” he writes. A “Washington Monthly” columnist quotes President Obama with a good candidate for that word.

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Opening of Eyes Long Closed

By Robin Bates | Published: June 7, 2015

David Whyte assures us that God is here now, not in some indefinite future. We have but to open our eyes.

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Read Blake, Stand Up to Your Boss

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2011

Businessman David Whyte turns to poetry to hold on to his soul in the corporate world.

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