spiritual – Page 15 – My husband's poetry

Sand Djinning

Mar 9, 2020

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low tide stroll gulls hover for handouts … pin holes in sand pop open as you watch … ocean introverts ghost shrimp tunnel deep … ebbing tide flees a waning moon 3-9-20

Listen

Mar 7, 2020

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in Birds, flowers, Racial & Social justice, Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend, singing, spiritual, trees, War & Politics, wind

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds” from Redemption Song by Bob Marley Last night, you heard the wind talk among trees You heard vibrations given to the wind never die You heard old melodies that soothed a warrior king You heard his son sing descant to a shepherd boy…

Lazarus

Mar 2, 2020

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in hope, nature, patience, spiritual

I lay hands where roots reach beneath greening wood Feel the pulse of life the will to live that lies below 3-2-20

Beatitudes

Feb 26, 2020

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in covid, neighbors, spiritual

Dear Coronavirus, I am preparing for you stockpiling in a large container in the bedroom ammo for a siege when you come by for a visit to our town I won’t have to fight the rush at the store I am buying Clorox wipes, tissues disposable masks and gloves spray disinfectant cleaners, paper towels peroxide,…

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Feb 23, 2020

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in fire, spiritual, trees

Unless you have known fire seen flame consume wood there is nothing in ash to make you believe in trees 2-23-20

Numinous

Feb 16, 2020

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in Birds, love, singing, spiritual, sun, wind

Little bird sings alone sings to buds and leaves of the limb sings to trees and light in the woods Little bird sings of love sings to rising and setting of the sun sings to wind and moon in the sky 2-16-20

haiku for a gentle friend

Feb 13, 2020

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in for someone else, friends, grief, haiku, spiritual

gentle songs of loss bare feet sought ground’s redemption a night made holy 2-13-20

The Samsara tree

Jan 24, 2020

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in art /for an artist, beauty, spiritual, trees, wind

alone a tree stands by a field of plowed ground stands against the sky stands defiant roots reaching in limbs reaching out twists in the wind alone by a field of plowed ground silhouette against billowing clouds dances in storms brawny figure by a field of plowed ground branches hang arms nailed against the sky…

Reading Isaiah

Jan 19, 2020

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in animals, self transformation, spiritual

Do sheep know a good shepherd from a bad shepherd Or follow the woolly ass in front of them And flee the yip and yap of a dog snapping at their heels? “Mount up like eagles” the view is better 1-19-20

Lot’s wife

Jan 2, 2020

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in history, Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend, sexism, spiritual

(Sometimes, the patriarchy makes you ashamed to be a man) To the woman scripture does not name who cared enough to look back they still preach your story as a cautionary tale of a disobedient wife who cared enough to gaze back at what was lost No one judges your husband a father who offered…

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