1. Poem: Aurora : Late at night in my younger years, / my father woke me in the middle / of the darkest of nights.

  2. Poem: sitting on the palatine : This is my ancient city, Rome / beyond the stench of sour days, cowering below

  3. Poem: Pema : What stillness brings to me it brings to you, what pain brings to you it brings to me

  4. Poem: my fathers lay silent : Why is it you call me to discover a truth you know but cannot share?

  5. Poem: i wish we understood : i wish we understood (and the world too!)

  6. Poem: i am unquiet in day : I am alone tonight in darkness, but I stare at its depth.

  7. Poem: daffodils : I’d sleep…

  8. Poem: Breathing : let us keep time with aging dances, let us find our heaven in a kiss

Mila (Jacob Stetser)

Mila is a writer, photographer, poet & technologist.

He shares here his thoughts on Buddhism, living compassionately, social media, building community,
& anything else that interests him.

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