How does one explain
to a Christian Congress what
“Love thy neighbor…” means?
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No explanation
necessary. They know but
there’s no profit in caring.
Month: February 2015
Let Me Count The Ways
While we’re awaiting
inevitable warming,
how’s best to pass these cold days?
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How best to pass these
days? Let me count the ways … nap,
sleep, and maybe dream.
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Hard Heartless Harbinger
Can you help me see
the possible benefit
of February?
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Though it is briefest,
this bleakest of months serves to
provide counterpoint for spring.
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Untempered
If fire tempers
the forge hardened sword blade,
what tempers an ice hard heart?
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Ice can’t be tempered.
The only recourse is to
melt it with compassion’s warmth.
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Metamorphasis
How do you clear a
slate when the words have been etched
so firm and so deep?
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Some grooves never fill
but time and overburden
will turn them into fossils.
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Defining Words
How many problems
could we overcome just by
asking different questions?
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Where, when, what, why , how,
who – simple words that define
the problem and solutions.
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Seeking Truth
Where should we look for
answers when we’re not even
sure of the question?
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Look for the answers
in all the old internal
spaces. Questions be damned!
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Something Other
When seeking greatness,
is plain old hard work the key,
or is there something other?
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Greatness comes not from
seeking but from devotion
to something other.
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Anticipation
How many snowflakes
does it take to warm a kid’s
heart and stop us cold?
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Here in the Deep South,
bread disappears and hearts warm
days before the first flake flies!
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Just Asking
I’m Dreaming, but is
Universal acceptance
Really too much to ask for?
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Though the wise ones tell
us to be careful what we
ask for, we still need to ask.
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Above the Din
When the winds of war
howl, will we be able to
hear the unforced call for peace?
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Heeding the call for
peace is difficult enough
without sabers rattling.
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A Prayer For Spring
Is there any hope
that spring’s coming warmth might
thaw this fury frozen globe?
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Hope springs eternal
so may this Spring’s warmth extend
to human hearts and bring peace.
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Awaiting Spring Warmed Hearts
If Spring is around
the corner, what’s this icy
block we’re standing on?
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Alas, I’m fearing,
this frigid icy mass
is Dogma’s frozen wasteland.
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Abloom
Here in winter’s grip,
how can we expect blooming
of tender loving flowers?
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Flowers bloom not from
expectation but from love
even in winter’s cold grip.
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Correcting Cupid’s Aim
When cupid’s arrows
miss their mark, where should we turn
for satisfaction?
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Return, perhaps, to
that reflection and therein
find a lovable target.
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If We Could But See
And those unseeing
souls, are they not expecting
adoration from others?
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To see and be seen
is both a need and a gift
if we could but see.
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Wide Eyes Blind
On a bright, sunny
day what causes some folks’ thoughts
to turn toward the gray?
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Sadly, some people
see not light in their spirit
nor beauty in their mirror.
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And So It’s Writ
Could it be, that we
write ’cause we can’t draw a tree
and ’cause we can’t hit high C?
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Why we write remains
a mystery. For some it’s
a simple necessity.
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Remembering Lucy
How bad can a day
that begins with tangerine
clouds turn out to be?
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Tangerine trees and
marmalade skies made good days
for John, Paul, George, and Ringo!
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Worldly Muse
Given a whole world
full of wonders and mentors,
what will be your muse?
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The world is my muse,
my amusement, my koan,
and my temporary home.
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Meeting Skogynn Pryv
If you were going
to St Ives, how many folks
would you likely meet?
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Seeking quality
I would like to meet only
Cornwall’s Grand Bard, Mick Paynter.
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Grim Tendencies
Why must our journey
so often lead us into
these grim and marshy places?
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Though our journeys lead
through beauty, it’s the grim we
tend to remember.
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A Well Travelled Tributary
How best to travel
when the way is dark and we
have lost both our will and our way?
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Wallowing blindly,
enduring the tract less void
may be part of the journey.
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To Leave Or Not To Leave
And in leave taking,
what responsibility
do we owe to those we leave?
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Hard questions like these
have no easy answers, but
love will help us address them.
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Taking Leave
When wracked with pain
insurmountable, is an
exit plan permissible?
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Whether suffering
or not, we should all ponder
how we’d prefer to leave this life.
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A Gentle Delusion
Does father really
know best or does mother just
let him think he does?
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Neither Father nor
Mother know as much as they
believe. Ignorance is bliss.
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It’s All In The Game
When shooting the moon,
Should you lead your target or
Just aim high and say a prayer?
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In the game of hearts,
it’s all in the hand you’ve been
dealt and how you play your cards.
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Diddling the High?
If cows jump over
moons, what is left for us mere
mortals to attempt?
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Teach cats to fiddle,
and the little dog to laugh,
or tableware elopement?
