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Monday, December 18, 2006

THE MEETING

THE MEETING The meeting is called to order. “There is no old business on the agenda,” says the One Who meets in secret with all souls. You say, “But surely there is old business! Those words, those things I’ve done, all those doubts and impure thoughts, all the times I’ve failed and fallen and done... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

CANDLE IN THE SUN

CANDLE IN THE SUN For St. John of the Cross and Jellaludin Rumi December 14, 1997 Poetry, they say, is a means of finding yourself. But all my words ply their trade in the trickle of what I have become while the river of who I am within yearns for ships but cannot escape its cave. The teacher says,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

NEIGHBORS IN THE ZOO

NEIGHBORS IN THE ZOO A cervil cat sees an elephant. She may have never seen an elephant before, but she knows one thing: she wants this elephant. She cannot catch it; she cannot even get to it because of the intervening fences, and even if she could attack the elephant she could never bring it down.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

THE ROBIN AT THE CHURCH WINDOW

THE ROBIN AT THE CHURCH WINDOW A flutter of wings, a tapping at the window, a looking up from within: A robin is trying to enter the church. Drawn by we know not what, with a will that will not be dissuaded, she rises from the shrubbery beneath to fly softly up along the windowpane, longing to enter... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

HAIKU #20

HAIKU #20 Birds fly easier with the wind than by frantic beating against the gusts. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 11, 2006

HAIKU #21

HAIKU #21 Mid-April budding coats each limb like swaddling clothes winter’s ice reborn. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

HAIKU #22

HAIKU #22 Rainbow guards the world, a shield against the storms that energize its grace ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 9, 2006

SWEAT

SWEAT Hot tangy wine of toil gritty salt rain of humid days and nights river rising from springs in the hills of aching muscles to vanish in the cool desert sink and be lost in bland fresh water torrents ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 8, 2006

HAIKU #24

HAIKU #24 White blossoms ride the thunderstorm downdrafts, snowfall on May afternoon. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

HAIKU #25

HAIKU #25 Gustavo Kuerten wins point against Michael Russell, 2001 French Open Grunt, smash, back and forth, both men’s massive effort, yet dink shot wins the point. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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