Attributed to William Spooner, who sometimes mixed up letters and words with interesting results: "it is kisstomary to cuss the bride."

From this perspective, to be a beginner is a gift. And what a wonderful way to approach the world, other people and our own psyches.

Words can fly like birds but when you try to catch them, they slither around like fish. Poems by Mary Oliver, David Whyte and a novice poet