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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: A HEALING

A HEALING I will not preach to you a creed. I only offer you what I have received. I am still healing. Will you join me? I am still forgiving especially myself. Will you join me? I cannot heal for you. I cannot forgive for you. I cannot say “Be Healed!” and make you do it. It will not be forced on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 1, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: ALL OTHER LOVES CONSUMING

ALL OTHER LOVES CONSUMING A prayer in remembrance of St. John of the Cross All other loves consuming, Your gentle wooing fills my heart, Remaking the shards and fragments Into a dwelling place for the Son. All other flames devouring, Your fire dries my tears, Glowing like the full moon light Behind... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: THE GREATEST JOY OF LOVE

THE GREATEST JOY OF LOVE The greatest joy of love is not found, As so many think, In the lover’s sweet embrace, Nor in the delight of the beloved’s kisses, Nor in any of the impassioned pleasures That link two hearts in love. For the love that depends on another can be lost, Should the lover be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY - FORGIVEN

FORGIVEN The page forgives the poet’s sins but it does not forget the ink. This poet forgives you, departed one; But the wounds remain, for now, as scarred memory that only the sweet salves of time and grace will heal. The forgiveness balm I can apply, to you more easily than me, but the rest is up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: FOUR POEMS ON THE EMERGENCE OF HOPE

FOUR POEMS ON THE EMERGENCE OF HOPE I. When you finally realize that it is your sorrows and not the love of God that have an end, that there is a way through your pain, that you have the power to make a new life; when you finally realize that it doesn’t have to be like this forever, the fact that it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: THE DAY FOR THOSE WHO TRIED

THE DAY FOR THOSE WHO TRIED There has to be a day for those who tried. There are days for the honoring of fathers and mothers and lovers. There has to be a day for those who made the attempt on these peaks and failed, thrown headlong from the summits by fates they could not conquer. But there will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

LUNCH BREAK AT THE RYER ISLAND FERRY, FATHERS DAY 1995

Another in my series of Poems for Recovery: LUNCH BREAK AT THE RYER ISLAND FERRY, FATHER‘S DAY, 1996 Let the old life go floating like a stick down the river of forgotten dreams. Toss its ashes to the wind, letting them scatter where they will; there‘s nothing you can do about it now. What’s done is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: IN THE SUMMER IT MIGHT BE SUNNY

IN THE SUMMER IT MIGHT BE SUNNY I fell in love some years ago With a lady so charming and free; She loved me too with a love so deep That married one day we’d be. I loved like I never thought I would, And she was the joy of my heart; Then I cried like I never thought I could When my love and I did... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

GEESE MIGRATING ON A DECEMBER NIGHT WITH SPOTLIGHTS

GEESE MIGRATING ON A DECEMBER NIGHT WITH SPOTLIGHTS Sun sets earlier in the autumn of alone, thoughts of her flying like geese to far away, her calls fading into silent night, memories drizzling down from gray cloud of yesterday touched by spotlights twirling in same circles, unvarying, like the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

POEMS FOR RECOVERY: MY ELDERLY PARENTS PLAYING WITH SMALL CHILDREN

MY ELDERLY PARENTS PLAYING WITH SMALL CHILDREN I know you want them. I know you feel them in you, in the sacred places where I was formed. I know you weep for them, maybe not where we can see, but in the hidden longing places where dreams go to die. Do you know, Mom, the pang I felt seeing your... Sign in to see full entry.

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