Poetry from the Writer of Light

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Snow Words

SNOW WORDS Someone always has something to say. This snow word, one flake – soon the land is coated with speaking. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

DANCERS AT A WEDDING RECEPTION

DANCERS AT A WEDDING RECEPTION A five-year-old girl spins and twirls in unending bliss, no partner can keep up. An elderly lady claps and stomps, dancing in her seat to Seeger’s old time rock and roll. I too have such incongruous joy. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

DIFFERENT WINDOW

DIFFERENT WINDOW You say I’ve lost my way because my Journey diverges from yours. Same sun that you see – but I have moved to a different window, through which the Light still touches me, as I still behold the One Who looks over the skies and through the mountains of all our endless tomorrows. ©T.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 24, 2006

SPRINGBOARD

SPRINGBOARD Today is a new day. There are ideas and blessings and inspiration everywhere! And every moment is a springboard into a wonderful destiny. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 21, 2006

This Field of Living

THIS FIELD OF LIVING Call me ignorant if it pleases you to do so – unlearned, uneducated. I have no use for scholarly analysis of poems no more than the field has use for soil studies or agronomy. My soul does not want the rarified air of the classroom or the madness of the market. Give it instead... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

A SEA LION IS FOUND 65 MILES INLAND

A SEA LION IS FOUND 65 MILES INLAND News item: A sea lion was discovered along a central California highway 65 miles from the ocean. Fish & Game officials determined it had followed fish up a series of rivers and canals. A sea lion is found sixty-five miles inland, in a desert place. Intent on its... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Let Morning Come

A few days ago, I posted the late Jane Kenyon's immortal "Let Evening Come." I wrote this as a corrolary to it,drawing on our common experience as sufferers of depression. LET MORNING COME (after Jane Kenyon’s Let Evening Come ) Let morning come. Let night and sleep retreat, they will come again at... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

OPENING A SHOP

OPENING A SHOP Do something, anything, to bring light into the world. Everyone else is trading in sorrows; the market is glutted, there is no profit there. Innovate! Take on a new venture - Open a shop that meets the soul’s secret demand for what is beautiful and uplifting, where the downtrodden can... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 17, 2006

Birdsong at Daybreak

BIRDSONG AT DAYBREAK Wren and cardinal softly singing in the dawn. We rise to the new day’s light, while our woes and fears sleep on. Why rouse them from their slumber? Birdsong at daybreak is their lullaby; let them rest, forgotten, for today, like every day, will bring its own to join them. ©T.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

IN MEMORY OF JACK SMICZEK. . .

IN MEMORY OF JACK SMICZEK, 1911-2004, WHOM I KNEW THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE I tasted your life like a fine vintage wine made rich and flavorful by its long years of aging. In those brief last years I knew you, your graciousness and kindness were a heady bouquet that imbued me with intoxicating... Sign in to see full entry.

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