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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

BLUES FOR A FARMER

BLUES FOR A FARMER Drag a plow through the field, turn over that hardened ground Drive the tractor across that field, turn over that cold hard ground. Plant the seeds and hope for rain, hope to turn a crop around. The clouds go rolling by, and ne’er a drop does fall. Watch those clouds go rolling... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 16, 2006

AN UNEXPECTED TURN

AN UNEXPECTED TURN How is it that you can leave the path of awakening yet still be on it? Did the path take an unexpected turn? Did you? Both. Remember, dear friend, your journey and the way traveled are the same. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

HAIKU #35

HAIKU #35 Crickets sing loudly whether in a concrete room or a unmown field. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

HAIKU #37

HAIKU #37 This sunrise, these mists - today’s dawning gentleness at the end of night. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY SEPTEMBER

LATE AFTERNOON, EARLY SEPTEMBER Low sun, richly yellow, cuts deep past woodland’s edge, touching trees within the shadow places where the yearling deer browses with bountiful harvest of light I feast with the yearling on radiant leaves and sky. Just this once, it is all right not to hurry. ©T.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 9, 2006

HAIKU #38

HAIKU #38 Early morning fog grazes with sheep and horses ‘til sun herds it home. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 6, 2006

THE POTTER’S APPRENTICE

THE POTTER’S APPRENTICE The Master Potter places a pile of clay on his wheel and, through turning and caressing, shapes raw wet earth into loveliness. He forms it just so, then places it in the kiln to dry, and at the end decorates it as he pleases. The novice apprentice says, “He’s wrong to make it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 5, 2006

HAIKU #40

HAIKU #40 Red sun, red combine - sounds of harvest at daybreak over ripened corn. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006

NIGHT OF DREAMS

NIGHT OF DREAMS How did you get here? Gone, like every day - vanished into time and memory, yet leaving eternal scars like otherwise forgotten words. What happened to your day? You were led here by guides you do not know, by guides you know above all others, by that light within you that seeks to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2006

HAIKU #41

HAIKU #41 Money grows on trees; the harvest is ripe - but I can’t afford a ladder. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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