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Lisa Breger

Award-winning poet and educator in Massachusetts who teaches poetry as a spiritual practice, including workshops for the Sisters of St. Benedict and Roots and Wings Healing Arts; author of "Ways I've Known Water."

Sep 30, 2026

Zenful Conversations

Zenful Conversations

Moudi Sbeity & Lisa Breger - Living Your Poetry Series

Sep 30 · 57m

Moudi Sbeity
Moudi SbeityGUEST
5:53
Mm-hmm.
Lisa BregerGUEST
5:53
And it is what helps me hold onto all of that, um- You know, uh, Rumi says this, "Being human is a guest house.
Lisa BregerGUEST
6:08
You know, each day, uh, w- what is it? Uh, a different visitor, um, you know, welcome them in." And I, you know, I, um, grew up in a household where feelings weren't welcome visitors.
Lisa BregerGUEST
6:28
Um, and, um, I had to f- kind of figure all that out on, on my own.
Lisa BregerGUEST
6:36
Um, and, um, you know, that, that was, um, not easy, but poetry helped me.
Lisa BregerGUEST
6:48
And as a young child, I would write things down.
Lisa BregerGUEST
6:53
Um, and I would bury these little pieces of paper i- in the woods and go back later and find them, and it was like, oh, [laughs] this is what it is to be human.
Moudi Sbeity
Moudi SbeityGUEST
9:57
Mm.

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