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Fly, Children, Fly
by D Shapiro (Bali 1982)
Let’s dream of rice paddies and pagodas
and feel our bodies and eyes
Reaching deeper inside than we could ever allow
creating, in fear and joy, unguessed wonders.
Taking Charge
Taking Charge of Your Own Life Conference
Meditation and Behavioral Medicine
by Deane H. Shapiro, Jr., Ph.D.
Meditation and behavioral medicine: Application of a self-regulation strategy to the clinical management of stress. In S. Burchfield (ed.) Stress: Psychological and Physiological Interactions. New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1985, pp. 307-328.
The Last Harbor
THE LAST HARBOR
A Novella
Deane H. Shapiro, Jr
“Evocative and intelligent,”* this novella, written when the author was 23, takes place on a day celebrating an older couple’s 40th anniversary. It describes the man, as he prepares to give his final lecture on the wisdom of Zen study and practice that evening; the woman as she prepares for their afternoon tea ceremony, and their time alone and apart throughout the day as they reminisce about their life, their hopes, the challenges they have and do face, and the sparks of love between them.
* Michael Curtis, reviewing the submission for the Atlantic Monthly,
Johanna comments: Really well-written, cohesive novella, sometimes painful and sometimes surprisingly touching –like life! It reads partly like an exquisite haiku and partly like a Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf vicious free-for-all disturbing efforts toward Zen-like calmness wisdom.. It portrays an elderly couple’s attempt to bridge the gaps that have arisen between them and the real love they still share.
Daddy get it (and other children/grandchildren poems)
by D Shapiro
THE PEACH TREE (3/7/07)
From gnarled twisted limbs
After winter’s harsh cold rain. . .
Soft, fresh pink blossoms
The Finger
by D Shapiro
Little pudgy hand
wrapped around my finger
holding me near for comfort and solace
those accepting eyes
Fleeting Passage (1974, 2022 comment)
by D Shapiro
Hi Precious Gang, (July, 2022)
I found a poem I wrote from 1974 while changing Shauna’s diapers (actually probably not while changing them, but afterwards, reflecting on it!) For those who have done it, you’ll get it; for those who will one day do it (Hi James, Liam, Nate, Jackson, and yes, even Skyla and Weston!) you’ll see:
Hands awkwardly fumble
to capture a moment of the
fleeting passage
Aw meaning on so many levels (sunrise, sunset, swiftly go the years….!:)
