Gift
Soft That was how You lived, and how You came to die, not even knowing: How hard I struggled to say “The needle, then” How hard I cried (so unmanly? didn’t care) to let you go...
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I saw Death drift across the fading light And brush against a life, and coolly say: “This is not mine; I only rend awayThe veil of being from the forms of nightAnd cast them into ruin.” At the...
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A hot dog used to cost a nickel hereWhich she would grab from in her purse, and peerUp at me smiling as she pinched them close:“It’s always more expensive on the coast!”She loved to feel the salt wind...
View ArticleEvangelizo
“I see him, but not now; my eyes behold His glory, but not near. A Star shall come Of Jacob’s line; from Israel, a Sceptre.” The proud old pagan’s words emblaze the skies We gaze on, sitting round the...
View ArticleBitter
I hate the cold. Ok, that is probably too strong. So maybe I just hate how I feel when it’s cold. But the older I get, the more I feel it. All the way into my bones. It is a slowness, a constricting, a...
View ArticleThe Feast
. Red fruits and dark-skinned olives piled high Thick cuts of meat are steaming to the sky The soft bread oven-warm beside the oil As grape-globes show between the chinks of foil . Salami slices...
View ArticleThe Burning
. Aloft they rise, mute torches in their flame-orange hour, Lining the silent corridors of pastured power; Strewing their leaves with practiced hand and calmer mien Than we who watch with tears...
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Pierced
The streets are quiet now. The lights are dim Inside the houses that we passed to find This stable at the back of Bethlehem. My body is exhausted, but my mind Runs back to what the man in white...
View ArticleHebrews 11:21
Hebrews 11:21 “By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.” Faith sees, Lord Faith knows But most importantly, faith obeys Long did...
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Joseph’s Song
. You are not my son; I have not known her; Our love was chaste, till All this came down. . My heart is broken, Our dreams are over. For surely nothing Can make this pure. . For all my grief, though,...
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