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Dandelions Of The 23rd Psalm
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"I shall prepare
a table for you
in the presence of
thine enemies"
said God about
the gold dandelion
table.. to His
bees.. as He
prepared to
dismantle all herbicide
and
insecticide companies
THISTLE BLOWS
Tangent to the mistle toe
Near where the harbor whistle crows
she the dearest epistle knows
is watching down of thistle blow
APPLE CORE
The discarded block
became the cornerstone
of the Heart Temple
with His LoveThrone
The apple core
thrown into the weeds
contained timeless seeds
.. they are His Word
Made Flesh
in Apple Tree Deeds
PRESENCE
Before Himself the sun
.. Before His Presence
Come His Spirit Rays
His Presents
Before
The Giver
Come His Gifts
Before the Great
Forgiver
Come the ForeGifts
THUNDER
Out of the heavens
the Lord spoke in thunder
the animals I have joined
together.. let no
human put asunder
.. their purpose
is joy
.. their life is wonder
THEY HAVE DIVIDED MY LOTS
They invaded the woods
temple of the deer.. ran after him
with highpowered weapons
and dogs.. as his flesh
became saturated with
the adrenalin of terror..
it took 12 arrows to
bring him down..
while he was not yet
dead they stripped him
of his skin..
to make a coat
.. drew and quartered
his muscles
.. made salami
of his bowels..
and reduced and defined
him by the number of
points on his antlers
.. they divided his
lots amongst them.
THE SPIRIT UNITES
Opinions divide.
The Spirit Unites.
Holy Spirit, may
differences of opinion
be lifted on Your Spirit
pinions.
May they be as pleasing
to us as the differences
among the grapes
purpling on the vine
.. the orbs of orange
in the garden Divine..
.. the gold pears
in Your arbor shrines..
.. the crimson cherries
on which Your birds dine
.. the blueberries in
which Your sun shines
..the pink raspberries..
of Grace Your sign..
... the brown filberts
in holy circles, not lines
... the kelly green peas
near Your jadeneedled pines
and the black beans gold
corn plants entwine
the blackberries pendant
from their twig spines
WORD MADE FLESH
The Word of
Jesus
The Word Made Flesh
.. is have mercy on
all
and Eat No Flesh
THUNDER
Out of the heavens
the Lord spoke in thunder
the animals I have joined
together.. let no
human put asunder
.. their purpose
is joy
.. their life is wonder
DECEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH
the feast of the Holy Innocents
.. those 2 year old baby boys
slaughtered by Herod
in his mad search for the little
Jesus..
December 28th.. when little
baby trees.. slaughtered
.. begin to show up on the curb
their resident flightless
baby birds and squirrels
long scattered or smashed
other trees' green flesh turned
into ephemeral wrapping paper
and Christmas cards
ANSWERED PRAYERS
As he saw.. his fears
were allayed..
for there was the sun
in mornlight arrayed
.. there were the trees
with springblooms sprayed..
.. answered were all
prayers.. that he had prayed
CHRISTIAN COCKROACHES
" No room at the Inn"
they said when His cockroaches
were born.
and in the middle of their
lives.. the cockroaches
loved by the Son of Man, like
Him have no place to lay their
heads.
And at the end
"Father Father why hast Thou
forsaken us" they cried
.. as they died
nailed by the shoes
of the unripe
And then their souls
to Him soared in bliss
Only Love can be
created by the Source
of All Love
CLEMENT LEMONS
In the holiest of climes
where the trees to heaven climb
.. the sweet sweet rain
turns to sour juice of lime
and the dew skysent and clement
is the source for sour lemon
so do the words of the Peaceful
Master
become the tirade of
warmonger pastors
(this poem was dedicated to
John Clemente before his death)
FAITH BECOMES KNOWLEDGE
Faith did upward
from the heartrocks
spring..
and run through ryefields
into rivers of knowing
which
did merge in
the sea's community..
before upward assumed
by God Sun into unity
HOW JESUS' SOUL CAME TO MARY
Like falling rain
oer lilyleaf tripped
Like pure moon into bright
cloud slipped
Like setting sun into
calm sea dipped
did Jesus' soul
come to Mary.
Like communion
chalice sipped
Like the river oer
fallsbrim lipped
Like dewdrop out
of buttercup dripped
was Jesus' soul
born of Mary.
(to Nancy M Wilson)
JESUS' FIG TREE
He did belittle you..
but soon he'll bebig you..
and in the spring
with blooms he will wig you..
in summer he'll summon
a jade garb
to resprig you..
and in the fall with fresh fruit
he'll refig you
JOHN CANDY
Each time angel wings stirred his genius
the Bethesda Pool of his Heart
was able to heal not just
one but all who entered.
He is no longer bodybound .. and when we hear
the wind stir the lake
.. we will know.. he is calling us to joy.
KNOCK
Jesus was knocking
on my heart's door
I told Him to come
back later..
and then discovered
He lived Inside.
God indwells every
being..
no matter what
we have done..
tiny clouds on earth
can't bar
the blazing infinite
Sun
MINGLED BLOOD
On Calvary Hill Jesus' blood drips from the cross..
With the raindrops it mingles.. and pours
into ruts before noon .. made by the dragging cross...
then into rivulets it goes
which to creeks flow
and to streams grow
.. to rivers.. to great rivers.. to bays and gulfs
til finally in ocean seas it merges.
The blood is everlasting.
Even this evening it enters as the residue..
in pine resin.. and mornglobes of dew.
Beetles bib and bees sup
it from each buttercup.
Hummingbirds sip it
in each trumpet flower goblet
It fills the cheeks of little plover
Alice
draughting of a cherrybloom chalice.
Each chrysalis is washed
in the crucible of Christ's rainblood.
Now winds are winding round cocoons
unwinding.
Each lake, every pond, yea every puddle
and rain drop.. is the Holy Grail
holding the Savior's
everlingering blood
and reflecting the SunSon of God.
PETER PUT DOWN YOUR SWORD
"My kingdom is not of this world.
Peter put down your sword."
Stoners put down your stones.
Thus saith Christ, Christians' Lord.
Not missiles nor bombs nor guns
but Grace and Love and God's word.
It is 'blessed peacemakers'
and not warmongers who to God
move forward.
Did Moses need an army
when God parted the Red Sea?
Did Joshua need anything
but his horn
at the battle of Jericho?
When God multiplied
lamplight oil for the Maccabees
did God need Mideast oil?
Was a fleet of trucks needed
to deliver manna from the sky?
Was DeGaulle protected by
an earthly power
when 93 shots fired
by a crack shot assassin
missed?
Surely Fidel Castro has been protected
by angels from the many soldiers and assassination plots
sent against him.
Was not the chant of millions
singing "Allah Akbar"
enough to bring down
the puppet throne?
The hunger pangs of Ramadan
fasters turn into arrows
which strike the heart of
Allah with mercy.
And the suffering of hundreds of
millions of Hindus.. mobilized
by the heart of Mahatma Gandhi..
did it not give an example to the
world in the power of
nonviolent resistance?
SANDI PATTY
Perhaps she sometimes
feels sad
that her body is bound
by gravity
.. as she
wings the hearts
of millions.
CLARA T
She could make a room
full of corpses laugh
.. could Clara T
behind her trails hilarity
Kindness-sheathed her verity
.. never with severity
She has a
mind of perfect clarity..
heartfont of pouring charity..
.. as in the woods of Cherokee
an allfruit giving cherry tree
THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM
First the lightning bolts
of spoken word and then
the rain of grace
As clouds from ocean clashed
gainst peaks of Hawaii @
turned into rain and waterfalls
and down slopes
poured to the waiting sea
so seekers to Billy come
.. their hearts melt in fire
.. from above
they pour down cascade aisles
and fall to the
ocean of God's love
Abba in the name of Jesus cause all Christians to support
nonviolence in international conflict.. .. for "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
is not asterisked with exceptions and this direct word of God to
Moses is the path, not "there is a time to kill" of polygamous
Solomon. "Peter put down your sword" said Jesus.
WOUNDS ARE NOW WANDS
Whether widowers or wed,
windkissed we wend
along
the winding way.
What a wonder to see
His wounds.. and ours too!
have become
magic wands.
Wednesday is no longer
for woe.
BLACK EYED SUSAN
"Take Me.. Take Me
Take Me" waved
each bloom
to the bee
..but He went
to the one
who was needless
and free
CHOSEN
Who are the chosen people?
After the Messiah
came to earth,
the chosen people
became
those who recognized
Him
CHALICE VISIONS
1. Heard in meditation: "Inside the chalice of wrath
is the blood of Jesus."
2. Vision of a Y of streets.. at its intersection
in the bricks.. there was blood
3. Was told by someone that a common symbol is 2 swords
upside down in a chalice. This can be 2 former enemies
united in the chalice of communion.. or
a triangle of 2 men and 1 woman the painful effects
of which must be worked out or else cancelled through grace.
FOUR MURDERERS GIVEN CLEMENCY BY GOD
Moses murdered an
Egyptian in anger
David murdered Uriah
in lust.
Cain murdered Abel
in jealousy.
Paul murdered Christians
in obedience to
a cruel state.
All suffered afterward.
Yet God spared their lives.
RIBBONS BEFORE THE GIFT
The ribbons arrive before
the gift...
the rippling ribbons of
dawn arrive
before the gift:
pops onto the horizon
the present
.. of the sun's presence
as the gifts of the Spirit
are often present
before the fruits.
WHAT MOST HURT JESUS' HEART
Was it the scourging? the crown
of thorns? the carrying of the
cross? the thirst? the sleeplessness...
Those in the Sanhedrin who lied about
Him?
Was it Pilate's cowardice?
His followers who slept through His
agony?
His followers who ran away?
the betrayal of Judas?
the denial by His chosen successor Peter?
(the crumbling of His chosen Rock?)
No.. it was the few seconds
on the cross when He thought
Abba had abandoned him.
11TH HOUR WORKER
Why should the 100th lamb
receive more love
than the 99 who
never strayed
and never disobyed
Why should the 11th hour
worker with just 60 minutes
receive the same pay
as those who worked all day?
Only love.. like his..
knows the answer..
but this we can say
Their pain was in the
longer way
SOFT CROSS
In the snow were two
sets of tracks
which did collide
but their owners
had walked at different
times
.. and onward they
did glide
In another place
was a swimming pool
.. cross shaped..
but in flowing
water swimmers
did glide
. 11th Hour Worker
. 23rd Psalm Dandelions
. 4 murderers pardoned by God
. answered prayers
. apple core
. black eyed susan
. Chalice visions
. Christian cockroaches
. Chosen
. clara T
. Clement Lemons
. Dec 28
. Faith to Knowledge
. How Jesus Came To Mary
. Jesus' Fig Tree
. John Candy
. Knock
. Mingled Blood
. Peter Put Down Your Sword
. Presence
. Rev Billy Graham
. Sandi Patty
. Spirit Waters
. Ribbons Before the Gift
. They Have Divided My Lots
. Thunder
. Word Made Flesh
. What Hurt Jesus' Heart Most
. Wounds to Wands:
