Zach Griffin
@zachgriffin.bsky.social
Some of you have called me aloof, and drunk with my own aloneness and you have said, “he holds counsel with the trees of the forest but not with men.” Walt Whitman
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Zach Griffin
@zachgriffin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
It was a lucky wind that blew away his halo with his cares, a lucky sea that drowned his reputation.::Thomas Merton::.
I’m feeling a mix of nerves and excitement as my collection of poems, As Broad As Heavenly Skies, is now available on Amazon.
These poems are very personal, born from meditations on nature, memory, and the quiet journey of self-discovery I simply tried to capture the tender moments…
These poems are very personal, born from meditations on nature, memory, and the quiet journey of self-discovery I simply tried to capture the tender moments…
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’m feeling a mix of nerves and excitement as my collection of poems, As Broad As Heavenly Skies, is now available on Amazon.
These poems are very personal, born from meditations on nature, memory, and the quiet journey of self-discovery I simply tried to capture the tender moments…
These poems are very personal, born from meditations on nature, memory, and the quiet journey of self-discovery I simply tried to capture the tender moments…
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One Moment At A Time
I’ve always been reluctant to share my location on my phone.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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William Stafford
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
William Stafford
Thich Nhat Hanh 🖤🖤
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thich Nhat Hanh 🖤🖤
Betrayal
I have worn the coat of self-betrayal countless times.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Kahlil Gibran
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Kahlil Gibran
The real scandal of the gospel is this: humanity's salvation is revealed in the cross of the condemned criminal Jesus, and humanity's salvation is available only through our solidarity with the crucified people in our midst. James Cone
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The real scandal of the gospel is this: humanity's salvation is revealed in the cross of the condemned criminal Jesus, and humanity's salvation is available only through our solidarity with the crucified people in our midst. James Cone
Nothing Is given that is not taken, and nothing taken that was not first a gift. The gift is balanced by its total loss, and yet, and yet the light breaks in…Wendell Berry
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nothing Is given that is not taken, and nothing taken that was not first a gift. The gift is balanced by its total loss, and yet, and yet the light breaks in…Wendell Berry
Rilke always hits…🖤🖤
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Rilke always hits…🖤🖤
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Fingerprints
There is a place in the heart where memories live on.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Loneliness
There was a time as a child that I was afraid of the dark.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
He is not perfect who, deprived of every thing, would not sit down calmly content, aware of a well-being untouched; for nonetheless would he be possessor of all things, the child of the Eternal. ~George MacDonald
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
He is not perfect who, deprived of every thing, would not sit down calmly content, aware of a well-being untouched; for nonetheless would he be possessor of all things, the child of the Eternal. ~George MacDonald
If human power in history-among races, nations, and other collectives as well as individuals—is self-interested power, then "the revelation of divine goodness in history" must be weak and not strong. ~James Cone
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If human power in history-among races, nations, and other collectives as well as individuals—is self-interested power, then "the revelation of divine goodness in history" must be weak and not strong. ~James Cone
The cross is a paradoxical religious symbol because it inverts the world's value system with the news that hope comes by way of defeat, that suffering and death do not have the last word, that the last shall be first and the first last. James Cone
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The cross is a paradoxical religious symbol because it inverts the world's value system with the news that hope comes by way of defeat, that suffering and death do not have the last word, that the last shall be first and the first last. James Cone
William Stafford
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
William Stafford
Meister Eckhart (From Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart by Jon M. Sweeney & Michael S. Burrows)
September 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Meister Eckhart (From Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart by Jon M. Sweeney & Michael S. Burrows)