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“Reclaim the holy. Prove it again, one bright flame at a time, one more memory of why we do this.”
“May there never again be war.  Wasn’t war  lifetimes ago? Who wants war?” 
“This is when / enormous red warmths / reply to November wind. “
“Soft layers of quiet are my dowry…”
A teaching and prayerful poem about the gift of waking up each day.
“I hear spirits of our human longing ascend to sing…”
“Can a miracle be a miracle, without the work of God?”
“The grand naked strength of their trunks / Begins to be revealed once again…”
“Offer mercy through all eyes that see them although their intimate gaze is hidden.”
“We created this mayhem in the night time / because our hearts were full of fear,” and now we must live in its shadow.

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