Poetry from the Writer of Light

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Sunday, July 2, 2006

Gospel of Greed

GOSPEL OF GREED (a lyric for the St. Matthews Churches mail scam) Letter in your mailbox Answer to your prayers All you have to do Is sow your seed Send a check or cash Make it right out to me Gotta follow the rules Of that gospel of greed Refrain: Gonna bow and worship, gonna kneel and pray gonna... Sign in to see full entry.

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Man Run Over by Monks at Abbey

MAN RUN OVER BY MONKS AT ABBEY “The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi – he drives like a madman.” - 2 Kings 9:20 Late afternoon at the Abbey of New Clairvaux. I’m on personal retreat, applying to my soul the blessings of Trappist contemplation as I join them in abandoning, even for a mere... Sign in to see full entry.

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Senior Moments Haiku

I’m too young for these senior moments... I think so... I can’t remember... ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 30, 2005

Robert W. Service's poem for Memorial Day

Young Fellow My Lad by Robert Service "Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad, On this glittering morn of May?" "I'm going to join the Colours, Dad; They're looking for men, they say." "But you're only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad; You aren't obliged to go." "I'm seventeen and a quarter, Dad, And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Memorial Day - Just Another Day

JUST ANOTHER DAY Memorial Day, 2002 Just another spring day for barbeques and picnics, sports, travel, mowing the grass, doing the laundry, sales and shopping, taking off work lamenting how busy we’ve become, taking our liberty for granted and, if we happen to think of it, for flying our flag, for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2004

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.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

A STICK HELD TO A FIRE Awaken to birdsong and skies of fire! Coming sun ignites the clouds, night burns away in orange flames that quickly fade to pink, then only gray overcast ashes. Dawn pulls us awake from dreaming, and like the sky we too are full of fire as the light of dreams still burns until... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

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! ©T. Patrick Berry Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 8, 2004

Different Window - a commentary on changing spiritual perspectives

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.

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Thursday, May 6, 2004

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.

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