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ring the bells

2/21/2012

others rang the bells
announcing her arrival

others still will ring the bells
when she departs

for all the in between times
she alone
will ring one tiny bell
or loose thousands to song
across the universe

the volume and intensity
at her command

- pb 2012 -

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This is the day!

2/21/2012

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This is the day the Lord has made
let us rejoice and Be glorious!

let us rise up from sleep
with praises for the new day
let praises be ceaseless all the day long
when the evening comes
let praises remain in our dreams

let us give birth to grace
let us release all the prisoners
that we have held captive
let us resurrect holiness
let us drink new wine
and dance in exaltation

This is the day!

pb 2011

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two love poems

2/15/2012

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gentle love

go gentle in this world
the one you have rejected
needs your touch
not your turning away
as does the one in the mirror
and the one you were
back then
and the one you are afraid
you have become
and the one you fear
you will never be

possibility

sow the seeds
pray for rain
wait for sunshine
and tender nights

then reap the harvest
of the seasons
of a lifetime

pb 2012

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seasoned love

2/8/2012

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they want to believe in sugar candy versions of love
so the poets and pundits and preachers of fluff
crank out pink gooey poison
and sell it to the hungry masses

but it always melts in the heat of life

strong and sinewy love
the color of blood, grows
deep in the maze of the heart
dark and dank and lost

sometimes oozing of greed
and lust and anger
then resting in a bitter marinade
of grief and regret

giving way to sweet tenderness
of forgiveness
and acceptance

pb 2012

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