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LEONARD COHEN
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mysterious as
rain becoming
the juice of lime

the distilled brevity
of eternal truths

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SURVIVING PROJECTIONS
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Just as B Kilby told us not to
let our enemies define us,
(nor for that matter to
confine us) we saw trees
reflected in the still water
of the lake
perhaps they seemed to define
the lake.. but its water
so fluid would survive any
projections
of reflections.
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MANYTIPPED CANDLE
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You are the mantipped
candle of the sun, burning
at all ends, yet lasting
through all nights,
for your indwelling Spirit
pours forth as endless
streams of light.
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(to Jim Potter)
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HALLOWED WHERE YOU STAND
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From the Scottish highlands
to the low hills of Holland
from heights Himalayan
to desert depths of Holy Land
there is no more hallowed
land
than that upon which you stand
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(to Valerie Potter)

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ED ASNER
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War is not
the answer.
Ed Asner
is the answer.
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(to eternal activist
for peace and justice
Ed Asner)
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CROQUET BALL
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A croquet ball
through a wicket
is the rising sun
on the crest of the
Grand Canyon
rolling under
the arc
of the dewy
rainbow arch
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Footnote:
This croquet ball
through wicket
harms no butterfly
nor cricket
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GAUDY GARISH GOLD
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Crude market-manipulated
and cold
gaudy garish gold

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SHEATHS AND SHEAVES
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By souls are shed
outworn body sheaths
Hot sheep mercifully shorn
sometimes by rose thorns.
No corn stalk do they leave
as they bind them into sheaves.
Earthly forms are only shadows
of eternal souls' glowing suns.
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Footnote: those who shear sheep
early can freeze them to death
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WALTER D JOHNSON
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Very deep.. compassion's waters
in the everlasting soul of Walter
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(to Walter Donald Johnson)
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DESTINY'S WAVES
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As swimmers are carried
against their will
away from shore by
currents or waves
so destiny carries some
only for a short while
away from
our heart caves.

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RENUNCIATE

A sannyasi (renunciate)

takes no desire motivated

action said my teacher.

That looms like Everest

.. imagine never eating,

sleeping, doing any pleasurable

thing, having any unnecessary

possession..

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