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MANGO MANNA

To all beings
manifests The mango tree
her manna
gently and gradually

Some rest like gifts
in high grass baskets.

MOTHER BIRD BE AT PEACE

Sweet little Mother Bird
why worry?
don't hurry
don't scurry
no flurry

Your babies.. they are safe.

IMPATIENS ARE PATIENT

Impatiens
are often patient
.. waiting for
a brighter day.
Impatiens
blooms
woven on the
sun's vast looms
are not annuals
she found when she
.. brought them
in from the cold
.. and saw they
were perennials

SPIDER WEB

He waited til winter
to help clean up
the woods ..
rather than disturb
the spider web
in the trash tir

EVERYONE IS PERFECT

Why do I mind more
the unripeness in others and me
than I mind
the green fruit on a sweet tree?

Not until God's
appointed hour
will fruit be be sweet
and not be sour

BIRDS ON A WIRE

Birds sit watching
from the theatre's brick
parapets
waiting for moviegoers to
finish eating popcorn and feed
them the rest

AWAKENING

Mother Earth has
begun to respond
to the awakening
gentle nudges
of the longfingered sun
as the people of the earth
are responding
to the awakening of
their powers of selfrule.

PATH OF PATIENCE

Some enter
God's realm
through the gate
of generosity...
others the portal of
peace..
still others the door
of discipline
  the arch of ahimsa
or
the passage of patience

ICE LOSES TO SUN

The ice is melting below
but still treacherous on the
surface.
Said one:
Wait for sunclocks
to open icelocks.
A second advised
to go slowly on the ice.
A third .. with the aura
of the sun..
melted each obstacle
as he went forth.

SWEET REFRAIN

The quiet fall
of the rain
.. dripping
merciful refrain
.. bringing peace
peace peace
in its train

MANUSCRIPT'S ELECTRIC BLUE WINGS

For many decades the manuscript
was hidden, dusty, the carbon
smudged. But his time of
kismet, of destiny had arrived.
Suddenly he was removed
from the drawer, typed onto
the internet, and with electric
blue wings flew into cyberspace.

SLOWLY

Dawn unveiled slowly
her rays of gold
Mem'ry theads unwound
slowly
their visions of old
Icicles dripped slowly
their grip of cold
As spring leaves slowly
their greenwrit unscrolled
A heart hurt badly
did slowly turn bold
Red carpets of welcome
he slowly unrolled
and your merging destiny
he slowly unfolds

HOLLY HOCKS

Never will holly hock
the seeds of her
precious holly hocks,

standards of cheer

GOLDENROD DUST

Dorothy has grown
since her trip to Oz..
she now prefers
a goldenrod powdered
wild trail..
to the yellow brick road
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WATER LILIES

water lilies
offer landing pads to
dragonfly helicopters

HAPPY TUESDAY

Happy Tuesday every Tuesday
as there was a happy 2's day

on 2/22/2002
crowned at
22: 22 pm

SNOWFALL

viewing snowfall
causes spiritrise

watching clouds roll by

slows the heartbeat

JOB TWELVE

Job 12: 8 says "Speak to the earth and she will teach thee"
Of what does she teach?
of patience,
of nurturing
of unconditional love
of giving all she weaves away
of sheltering lonely raccoons and homeless birds

APPEAR

Out of the green
leaf spears
in ones and
threes and pairs
the miracle of the pears
does magically appear

DAFFODIL CHALICE

Father winter
.. he did fill
the hopeful cup of
wee daffodil
with the cold
sorbet
of chill
the icing of
a sudden
snowspill.

But it melted
quickly..
and soon to
the touch of
the sun
the daffodil
did thrill.

FLY MATTERS

Some are programmed
from birth
to pick up fly swatters
and smash little flies
.. as if they don't
matter..
as we widely their little
brains scatter
and on the wall
their little legs
splatter
They're seen
not as spirit
but as matter
Sent are their
unseen
souls
to God
as their lives
humans  shatter

PEEPING THROUGH PICKETS

Through the pickets
peep the pink roses
and purple peonies
.. their roots are fixed
by their loved ones
but their fragrance
and light
soar to the stars

BREATHE AND WAIT

Don't push the river.
It will flood.
Don't force open the
bud. It will crumble.
Don't play night cymbals.
Creatures need sleep.
Don't ask for love.
It comes automatically.

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APPEAR
AWAKENING
BIRDS ON A WIRE
BREATHE AND WAIT
DAFFODIL CHALICE
EVERONE IS PERFECT
FLY MATTERS
GOLDENROD DUST
HAPPY TUESDAY
HOLLY HOCKS
ICE LOSES TO SUN
IMPATIENS ARE PATIENT
JOB TWELVE
MANGO MANNA
MANUSCRIPT'S ELECTRIC BLUE WINGS
MOTHER BIRD BE AT PEACE
PATH OF PATIENCE
PEEPING THROUGH PICKETS
SLOWLY
SNOWFALL
SPIDER WEB
SWEET REFRAIN
WATER LILIES

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Ramana Maharshi's ashram fed first the animals, then beggars, then visitors, then residents, and finally the guru. * The Torah says to feed animals before humans. *