Alistair AppletonJan 315 minDharmaWhat does Buddhism have to say about sexuality and gender?New member Fran, coming from a progressive Islamic mosque in Canada, was interested in Buddhism’s stance on gender and sexuality and so I...
Alistair AppletonSep 5, 20221 minLGBTQ+Paul Hoover / House of Cedar, Rafters of FirHoover is not a poet I’m familiar with but another that I discovered on the excellent Poetry Foundation app. He is riffing on the imagery...
Alistair AppletonAug 15, 20222 minPoetryFrom "Out on the lawn, I lie in bed" / WH AudenA very Audenesque Auden poem from 1933 that undercuts the dreamy, chummy pastoral of the first few stanzas with an unsettling meditation...
Alistair AppletonJun 20, 20222 minPoetryThe Swan / Mary OliverMary Oliver is the best-selling poet in America by a long shot. And her life, mostly in Provincetown, Massachusetts but in her last years...