Alfred K. LaMotte
Alfred K. LaMotte is an adjunct professor of world religions and an interfaith chaplain in Olympia WA. He has written several books of poetry. He believes...Beauty unfolds in the silence between thoughts.
The Healing
This planet will not
be healed
by powerful politicians
in big cities
who spend trillions
on a global strategy
that never quite begins.
They also burn
much fuel.
Earth will be healed
by villagers
who sing,
by backyard gardeners
like you,
who walk more slowly
right here,
who feel the green
through bare soles,
speaking fewer words,
cradling
each others anger
like mothers,
awakening
the heirloom seeds
of the heart.
— Alfred K. LaMotte
