Poetry from the Writer of Light

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Sunday, November 19, 2006

NOT IN MY NAME

NOT IN MY NAME “Not in My Name,” shouts the gray canvas banner, draped from the church’s portico in silent protest of military action undertaken to defend liberty as aged veterans march past to memorialize the fallen. It is in your name. It is in your name that men and women fight for their liberty... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 17, 2006

GOD AT THE SPINNING WHEEL

GOD AT THE SPINNING WHEEL Life and living are a great wheel. God is seated at this wheel, turning it with the motions of love, and with it He spins threads of grace from strands of time, circumstance and truth. At the moment of His choosing He casts to us a thread that, if we grasp it, will pull us... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

THE DEEPEST EMPTINESS WITHIN US

THE DEEPEST EMPTINESS WITHIN US God created every thing, each bird and blade of grass, each star and breath of wind, each of us. All of us, everyone - all of us, of what we are - reflects the magic of the One Who alone turns darkness of space and soul to light, Who alone interconnects us all with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

FLAMES OF THE FIRE

FLAMES OF THE FIRE Have you let the fire of devotion grow cold? Rekindle it, and tears of joy will be its flames. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

FINDING INSPIRATION

FINDING INSPIRATION Why do you complain about not being inspired? Where are you looking for it? If in a place that is dry and devoid of poetry, you are like the man who went to a foundry then left complaining he was still hungry; you are like the woman who drives away from the meat market upset that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 13, 2006

HAIKU #28 – NORTHWEST OHIO FLATLANDS

HAIKU #28 – NORTHWEST OHIO FLATLANDS Wood County’s summit is the crest of the landfill. I miss the mountains. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

HOW DID I ESCAPE THESE TRAPS?

HOW DID I ESCAPE THESE TRAPS? How did I escape these traps? I don’t remember. I don’t recall how the jaws left my ankle, how the ropes evaporated, how every wall turned to dust. All I know is that I prayed. And in that moment in which silent words hang like clouds and cosmos between this world and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 9, 2006

BEFORE

BEFORE The dough rises before the baking. The womb expands before the birth. The cloud billows before the lightning. The ground swells before the eruption. So the soul with insight before the writing. ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 6, 2006

WHEN POETS DON’T WRITE POETRY

WHEN POETS DON’T WRITE POETRY (With thanks to the late Jane Kenyon) They will come again, those silent words of light, thoughts unbidden that will stop the world unless you birth them on the page. Silence must herself be silent for a time, pausing from her stillness that she may be speak more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006

BROTHER NOLAN LAYS HANDS ON HELL

BROTHER NOLAN LAYS HANDS ON HELL The inner fires of devotion weren’t enough to warm our bodies, so our crude little church was heated by a furnace that sat like an altar in the sanctuary, right in front of the step up to the platform from which we preached and sang glad tidings. In its work of... Sign in to see full entry.

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