My focus in writing has always been the poem. It challenges the mind and emotion and demands a kind of inner listening only paralleled by music. To be mastered by language requires a kind of surrender only lovers know. The power of words is manifest in the silence which sustains them. Hearing both simultaneously is a spiritual discipline which is ever changing like a stream meandering. It is also a cue to the kind of listening we need to deepen our connections with others in manifesting and mastering our intentions. When we seek to create, even in groups, it is this esthetic I believe we need to bring forward now: loving listening and listening with love.John Kadela, Ph.D.