"I believed I wanted to be a poet, but deep down, I just wanted to be a poem." 

                                                           -Jaime Gil de Biedma​
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Is my soul asleep?
Have those beehives that labor
at night stopped? And the water-
wheel of thought,
is it dry, the cups empty,
wheeling, carrying only shadows?

No, my soul is not asleep,
It is awake, wide awake.
It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches,
its clear eyes open,
far-off things, and listens
at the shores of the great silence.

                                  -Antonio Machado

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​with Francis.

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​Francis' books

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​Hear psychotherapist and author Francis Weller, discuss the communal nature of grief, the expressive virtue of anger, false happiness, and the two hands of grief and gratitude. Interview recorded at the 2013 Minnesota Men's Conference.

​A rich and varied conversation between Michael Lerner, founder and director of Commonweal and Francis Weller, exploring The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Recorded October 12, 2016

​An exquisite video combining scenes from the film, "The New World" and passages from Francis' book, ​The Wild Edge of Sorrow. Produced by Tom van der Linden, of "Like Stories of Old."