“By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstrea...” — David Whyte Quote

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

To admit regret is to understand that we are fallible - that there are powers beyond us. To admit regret is to lose control not only of a difficult past but of the very story we tell about our present. To admit sincere and abiding regret is one of our greatest but unspoken contemporary sins.

I have hundreds of poems memorized. Mostly by others, but also my own. I use the poems when I lead retreats for management groups on topics like creating teams, or coming up with a more entrepreneurial system, or creating more excitement.

Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.

By subliminal, I mean things that occur in our world that are below the threshold of consciousness but do have a psychological effect on us.

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

There are no more white linen sofas in my house. We have a rule here: Anything below 36 inches has to be brown or black - the color of chocolate or peanut butter!

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.

The scientists are not the billionaires who live on top of the hill. They're not driving around in expensive cars and riding jet planes everywhere. They are standing in the middle of the Antarctic with freezing, howling winds at 60 below zero, studying the eating habits of penguins for 20 years.