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HURRICANE KATE

Hurricane Kate
forced proud palms
to padnamaskar
the humble ocean.

And since the sea
everywhere has feet
it's not hard for
them
to show their devotion.

(padnamaskar: touching
the feet of a holy one)

HUMBLE RAIN

The humble rain
rejected by the hard
tree trunk..
entered through the
dirt
.. putting on his
nutcolored clothes..

and into the root seeped

and up into the
heart of the tree.

(to Dick S)

A CUP OF BERRY TEA TO COUNTER TEARS

"A warm cup of tea to counter tears"
or words to that effect..

as water drives out water..
a river's headwaters replace
those going to the sea

Forgive us, leaves of the tea tree
for having broken our 'no harm' treaty
no more leaves
.. only berry teas

***
quote said by Walter Pidgeon in Winter Comes

"If winter comes can spring be far behind?"

A TRUE PASTOR

He is not a Luciferian pastor
who prefers to be
the boss and master
He cares not for domination
nor for denomination..
Nor does he engage
in demonization
He is content
to wash others' feet
**
Milton said Lucifer would rather
rule in hell than serve in heaven
(to pastor TB)

SAINTS IN BACK ALLEYS

"The building stone
rejected
has become the cornerstone
of the temple."
His seeds scattered
in junkyards and back alleys
more than in the cultivated
crewcut areas..are more likely
to grow for there
there are fewer lawnmowers."

(to E Markovich who reverences
all living beings and who
for many years sacrificed his
own comfort to shelter
the homeless)

MISSISSIPPI

Near the sea the Mississippi's
path is lowly
He flows with power.. he flows slowly
Every drop he carries and
his way... are holy
He is ready to give to
God the Sea.... wholly

*****
GOD FULLBLOWN

Only God is
God fullblown.
The rest are
God in bud.

HUMILIATION

Time's humiliations are creating humility in
us all.

NONROCK

In a mountain meadow
strewn with rocks
flowers frame the stones
growing in nonrock.
Spirit is stronger
where the ego of selfwill
has been ground down.

LAWBREAKERS LIVING WITH THE POOREST

Jesus was born in a stable and executed
as a felon.
Krishna was born in jail.
AA was founded not in the mansion
but the gate house.
M L King clubbed stabbed
and sent to jail.

Elizabeth McAllister
in the federal pen
for turning weapons
into plowshares.

For the naked St Francis
robbed his father's
clothes
Ram Dass as Richard Alpert
was fired from Harvard..
for in him Spirit rose.

*The Bhagavad Gita says to abandon
all varieties of dharma and only surrender
unto God .. it is up to GOD alone to decide
when stealing from ones parents is good or bad

SWORD OF THE TONGUE

The hurt heart to critics' hate shuts down
and dispatches marshalling heat
to the brain for
the ego's hits

JOAN

a merry laugh
  which can lift the downtrodden
focus and enduring tenacity
an unencompassed compassion
a totally yin humility

(to artist poet teacher
Divine Mother JBC)

HALF FROZEN

The river was called possessed
because he gathered streams
full of muddy drops and
drops half frozen
anc carried them in his long train
to his God the ocean

PUMPKIN VINE

It is the pumpkin vine
in the dirt and meek
the waters of the creek did seek
From her the greatest cornucopia
forth from earth did break.

WINGED TREE

Though there are thousands of
leaved wings upon the tree
she is bound by her roots

SQUARE TO TRINE

The despised weed
the rejected wallflower
the most shaded place
the Job seemingly God abandoned
the ugly duckling
and reindeer Rudolph before the foggy night
but now the square moves to trine
and materializing dreams do them entwine

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A CUP OF BERRY TEA TO COUNTER TEARS
A TRUE PASTOR
GOD IN BUD
HALF FROZEN
HUMBLE RAIN
HUMILIATION
HURRICANE KATE
JOAN
LAWBREAKERS
MISSISSIPPI
NONROCK
PUMPKIN VINE
SAINTS IN BACK ALLEYS
SQUARE TO TRINE
SWORD OF THE TONGUE
WINGED TREE