Shabd at Fort Washington NYPL (Session 1)

Shabd at Fort Washington NYPL (Session 1)

For the first session of "Shabd" at the Fort Washington​ New York Public Library, we discussed and put to movement two poems by gaby comprés. 

Gaby Comprés
 
the gift,
beyond this morning & the sun
& the birdsong & sky,
beyond the breeze & your breaths
& how you move & the way
You open your heart to what comes to find you,
beyond the beautiful things you hold in your hands –
 
the gift is that you know how
to be joy & grace & love.
the gift is that you know how to be
here on this earth, awake and alive.
 
the gift is that you know what it means to pay attention,
to hold what is beautiful & broken,
to believe the world can be made new.
the gift: you.

Gaby Comprés

there are stars you haven’t seen.
and loves you haven’t loved.
 
there is light you haven’t felt,
and sunrises yet to dawn.
 
there are dreams you haven’t dreamt,
and days you haven’t lived.
 
there are nights you won’t forget,
and flowers yet to grow.
 
and there is more to you
that you have yet to know.

Participants also made a group poem:
Gift of life:
I cherish.. 
​
My family 
The whole world 
Everything that is beautiful and broken 
New beginnings
Nature
God, our Creator 

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