
Poet in Profile: John O’Donohue

May you find the wisdom to listen to your illness:
Ask it why it came. Why it chose your friendship.
Where it wants to take you. What it wants you to
know.
What quality of space it wants to create in you.
What you need to learn to become more fully
yourself
That your presence may shine in the world.
Ask it why it came. Why it chose your friendship.
Where it wants to take you. What it wants you to
know.
What quality of space it wants to create in you.
What you need to learn to become more fully
yourself
That your presence may shine in the world.
Jenifer Breshears Markley • Poet in Profile: John O’Donohue
May you learn to use this illness
As a lantern to illuminate
The new qualities that will emerge in you.
As a lantern to illuminate
The new qualities that will emerge in you.