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* Poems Z2 Short Poems 35
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BEAUTY
Before the falls, the sheen of shanti. At the falls
sheets of shakti.
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On the stepping stones in the pool... snow has made
a pillow for each rock stool
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Delilah's lilac'd fields Lilliputian the Lord of Love has many lilies put in
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A feathergowned crane flies through the forest
like Cinderella fleeing the ball.. but now the Prince of Peace
comes into the hall
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Dawn rhodescent, jeweled by moon crescent
DESTINY
What is destiny? The will of God. Since God is imprisoned
in the hearts of His beings, destiny is ones nonharming
desires.
EQUITY
He attempted to live by ten tenets.. he tried to all
to be tender, not to profit off of tenants
ETERNAL
He wished no induction into the House of Lords, but only
to return home to the Home of the Lord.
FIDELITY
Serial womanizer Jack Frost had his face pressed to their windows.. asking them to come out and play.. before he disappeared again.
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FREE
Concern for ruples or rupees, pounds or rubies,
shillings or farthings is from God's heart a far thing
GRACE
Into the stream fell a samara shower, a flotilla of lifeboats
in time for the struggling bug
How is it that substance filled will and the empty flute of
music are both taurus? because the will which is surrendered
to God flows with the most divine energy
GRATITUDE
Winter when God's unseen gift of breath becomes visible.
JOY
Squirrels tossed away the chewed pine cones which they ate like
a cob with rows of gold corn
LOVE
Some criticized him for sharing his journal,, but most
were grateful that he had invited all into his heart
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Roses are pink. Violets are violet. Our love for you
is forever inviolate
MUSIC
The applause for Pavarotti.. is as beautiful as his voice..
for it is the sound of many hearts beating as one
NONVIOLENCE
One need fear not the might of the tiny wellmeaning mite,
the queen of termites.. if one builds with stone or stucco might.
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The exterminator had a cruel tongue. He killed the baby flies he termed maggots and hurt the hearts of the boys he
called faggots.
PEACE
As many like Uri Geller can with mindpower bend metal
so prayer and positive thought can melt weapons.
PLAY
Like skydiver chains, some maple seedlings jump... locked
together.
POSITIVE THOUGHT
The break of day! The crack of dawn! Look not at night's
shellshards but at the newbird sun!
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What her omnipotent heart ordained, her obedient will obtained.
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When comes eternal noon? When soul turns around each no. to on.
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Rising waters in a quarry.. fill every niche and nave..
Spirit's rising waters grant each desire in heart cave.
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A single silent green light empowered a line of awesome truck might. A single band of pink dawning light
pushed back the entire greyblanket of night.
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Can one brake the break of day? Can one brook the coming dawn?
PRAYER
Spiraling blue spruce spires... their steeples point to blue star fire.... yet the Breath of Spirit is its lyre
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Into the chasm of your desire God pours His divinity fire
... assumes His liquid gold the form of your wish mold
SACRED ARE ALL BEINGS.. ALL MATTER
Who besides a snake can swim in the grass?
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Sooner or later even Satan's minions are beyond duality
opinions lifted by Love's universal pinions.
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A playing boy's discarded stick became the father heron's
beakborn gift... for their nest a new twig ...
the rejected stumbling block.. to the temple's
cornerstone he lifts
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Call no demon names. Focus on his divine core. See the gold
within his ore.
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THE SEA
Without equal, each wave sequel. Land is for eagles. The sea
is for seagulls.
SUN
Sunrise is apple fall
WILL
The song of the whippoorwill says 'let it flow' .. don't
whip your poor will
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