Category: Reflections and Poems

Because I can­not think about it I keep think­ing about it. The end­less shak­ing beneath my feet, all foun­da­tions bro­ken, turned to pow­der. In the street the screams and too soon the quick dirty wave, immense as the cold king­dom in which the earth itself drifts. So many hearts snapped shut at once and then the dark pollen of fear, a radi­a­tion… Con­tin­ue read­ing Bro­ken World

Nar­ra­tive Lead­er­ship is an odd quan­ti­ty, isn’t it? No one seems to know what it is, but we seem pret­ty sure we can fig­ure it out. As a sub­ject, lead­er­ship nev­er sits still long enough for its essence to be grasped, and yet it seems to promise an essence. Despite the sub­tle changes, it seems… Con­tin­ue read­ing Pas­sages (a lead­er­ship poem)

My good friend, Joe McCarthy sent me a few lines from one of my favorite poets, William Stafford. It turns out you can make such things into posters. Click on it to make it a bit larg­er if you like. In these or any oth­er times, Stafford’s mes­sage speaks for itself. As I wrote to Joe… Con­tin­ue read­ing Among Con­tra­dic­to­ry Ridges

Every day peo­ple from all over the world come to this site look­ing for lead­er­ship poems. On their behalf, you are invit­ed to send your orig­i­nal poet­ry about lead­er­ship to this site. Up to three poems will be cho­sen each month to be post­ed and per­ma­nent­ly dis­played in the Favorite Lead­er­ship Poems pages of this… Con­tin­ue read­ing Orig­i­nal Lead­er­ship Poems: Call for Submission