This poem was written while I was attending a meditation/writing retreat at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York… They have a beautiful meditation center high on a hill on the campus of the Institute. After meditating, I decided to write this poem about the koi ponds outside the center. The poem seemed to write itself, perhaps because of the long meditation I did beforehand. The Koi Pond at Omega Institute by Mary L Westcott The dainty sprinkle on the pond near the meditation center reminds me of a brook, a sound so tiny it doesn’t gurgle, like a minnow’s splash, a sound close to silence. The ripples and small waves radiate out good energy like the happy flap of a wing. A white lily sits on the top, an anchoring stone at the bottom, the stone a solid thing in contrast to the pinging of the fountain. Then across the bridge the quiet pond, the pond of freedom to be itself, the stillness at the bottom like a rock, the wavelet not there, a poss...
Women's Spiritual Poetry