Category Archive: Poetry

Emmanuel

guite

O come, O come, and be our God-with-us O long-sought With-ness for a world without, O secret seed, O hidden spring of light. Come to us Wisdom, come unspoken Name Come Root, and Key, and King, and holy Flame, O quickened little wick so tightly curled, Be folded with us into time and place, Unfold …

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garish frame

white

in the evening I like to wander sometimes my old favorites grow familiar I discover new routes to which I return I relish every fading curve of the foothills every layer of mountain shadowed along the distance I love the sharp peaks against the deep sky every shade of pink and orange and blue every …

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Kiss that crazy girl!

feet-in-water

You’re gonna                jump into that wild blue         kiss that crazy girl                 move there                 stay here After all         This number         not …

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a fabulous poem

Skyscraper

this is a fabulous poem, because: it’s not a poem. in His mercy it’s something God showed me i can’t do one thing right without praying because God must do it not i everything sits fine in balance, and too much juggling put its all at risk i’m only good enough at juggling to drop …

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The Risk and the Daring

nativity

May the risk and the daring the scandal and the holiness the surprise and the destiny the power and the weakness the poverty and the richness the humility and the honor of Jesus’ miraculous birth be birthed miraculously in you in your hopes and fears failures and success friendships and solitude work and rest now …

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quiet

driftwood remains on the beach on the Oregon coast

in the vast grand quiet         at the center                 of the mystery of existence                         if it is possible                 that a voice       …

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breaking waters

I wept                     when I first walked the river path           the rush of emerald waters                     broke against the rock                         …

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how you look

I’ve walked this path 1000 days seasoned with snow sun mist it changes how you look an eagle’s nest hides in that tree each day I marvel all the same stories spin around that tree the river hides in that stretch the edge of the water hides down that bend I remember the stones dappled …

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Don’t you know

stone_and_snow

Don’t you know who I am? You don’t know who I am. who am I? don’t know you. Am know don’t you who I Who I am, you don’t know. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

winter twilight

pink sky fades to orange twilight deep violet beyond frosted mountains stand glowing against the sky cedar and fern point their silhouettes proudly against the splendid end of day. The emerald green river in its rage has changed its bed again the last few weeks of rest before spring’s thaw awakens its rage. Weary from …

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