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Join us for the third in this series of Ten Poems for Ten Coaches. Be prepared to be surprised at the power of poetry and the uncommon conversation that is created.
Wednesday, September 24
Noon EDT
Host: Kay Blake
Catherine Blake (Kay) has a background as an educator, corporate trainer and consultant. She is now a Life-Business Coach and also a Certified Hypnotist. Her business is: “A Better Life with Coaching and Hypnosis.” Kay is the Vice President of the Long Island Coaching Alliance, an ICF Chapter.
Poem by Jane Hirshfield
“Each Moment A White Bull Steps Shining Into The World”
If the gods bring to you
a strange and frightening creature,
accept the gift
as if it were one you had chosen.
Say the accustomed prayers,
oil the hooves well,
caress the small ears with praise.
Have the new halter of woven silver
embedded with jewels.
Spare no expense, pay what is asked,
when a gift arrives from the sea.
Treat it as you yourself
would be treated, brought speechless and naked
into the court of a king.
And when the request finally comes,
do not hesitate even an instant -
stroke the white throat,
the heavy, trembling dewlaps
you’d come to believe were yours,
and plunge in the knife.
Not once
did you enter the pasture
without pause,
without yourself trembling,
that you came to love it, that was the gift.
Let the envious gods take back what they can.
Join us again on Wednesday, October 1st with Rick Raymond, guest coach and facilitator of the poem “Leaving Mt. Baldy” by Leonard Cohen.
This series is produced exclusively for the Coaching Commons by Katherine Gotshall English.
As always, please post your thoughts/questions below.
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