Tuesday, August 19, 2008
EAGLE DREAMS
EAGLE DREAMS In the darkness of the canyon I have waited for the Sun. Long have I lived where the sunlight touches only briefly down between the towering cliffs, where all is stone and sand and raging river. With the certainty of the rocks I know there must be a place somewhere, beyond these walls,...
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Monday, August 18, 2008
FIRE EXIT
FIRE EXIT I want to open The door through which The fire goes out. I want to fly To where the wood goes When it burns up. ©T. Patrick Berry
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
CICADA SOUL
Cicada emerges from the ground, matured by the years of hiding, and sings from a favored limb its freedom song – vrreee, vrreee, vrreee, vrrr... Soon, another joins in, then more, until at last the whole grove is ringing with their music, singing liberation into the summer dusk. Be like the cicada....
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A SOLSTICE OF THE HEART
A SOLSTICE OF THE HEART Like Mother Earth revolving, Shifting in her orbit Around Brother Sun, The heart passes through its seasons, Riding the turning wheels Of times, destiny And the will of God. The Earth has her solstice soon; Spring becomes Summer, The time of greatest light Before the dark...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
A BLESSING
A BLESSING May the Kindler of the Sun ignite within you the flame of love. May the One Who breathes the Wind Breathe within you the wind of life. May the Painter of the Cosmos Paint within you the colors of peace. May the One of Whom the birds sing Give to you the songs of joy. May the Maker of each...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
AUGUST SUNRISE AT THE ABBEY OF NEW CLAIRVAUX
AUGUST SUNRISE AT THE ABBEY OF NEW CLAIRVAUX Lifted from my cares by the wonder of the morning, I was taken to a place where I was not, but elsewhere: A higher plane where, in awe, I watched the meteors' flashing insights against the unchanging glow of a million stars of perception until, united in...
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Friday, July 25, 2008
ON THE EVE OF AN ECLIPSE
ON THE EVE OF AN ECLIPSE The cricket choir sings the songs of the rainbands sweeping down across pastel western skies, while across the surging river the lightning flickers like dreams seen and lost forever in the sleepclouds, and the thunder rides, grumbling, upon the wind as the downdrafts come...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
FULFILLMENT OF PURPOSE
FULFILLMENT OF PURPOSE The Heron glides down, lands in the shallows of the pond, then slowly, slowly wades about, pausing now and again, neck cocked like an arrow nocked to the bow, watching... Striking! Quickly it lifts its catch as if in gratitude to the Maker of Fish and Heron, then juggles and...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
SLEEPLESS NIGHT
SLEEPLESS NIGHT Wind comes softly singing the music of a thousand windchimes to slam closed the hallway door after the dreams have escaped, stealing away into the night on silent steps of distant sheet lightning. ©T. Patrick Berry
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
JUNE RAIN
JUNE RAIN We wait in line at the money machine, standing in the rain, no umbrellas, hearing the tires play droning music on wet asphalt to the metronome beat of windshield wipers, hating what we have to endure for the sake of money that evaporates like puddles while in the eaves the sparrows, who do...
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