Spiritual Animal Poems

Sri Lal
A Fire Rises

A fire rises in the pit of the gut—
and I forget myself.

At the grey langur’s door,
I give up. I cut my hair,
dance...

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Hika Bay

Silent hawks appear
outside our window
two,then four,now six
form a floating dimond 

A kettle of hawks roam high
on ancient air
sent by first peoples
to remind us

We dont...

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“Father of All, Hoopoe of the Shining Light 
Voice of Truth, singing above pits of night 
Light singing in heaven’s tree above the height 
Barbelo...

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Bittersweet pyrrhic victory...

if a 2024 November presidential Biden win
pandemonium likely to occur, 
subsequently figurative tectonic upheaval  
might set United States in a tailspin.

Though discouraged,...

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The morning sun rises from behind the shady hill warming the village with a solemn hymn, everyone has gone out of the town leaving dryness...

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Because it is the archangel hypnotizng
you into losing yourself in that thin treadmill
at the archane center of advanced transurfing
& remember what that demagogue Rex Hemphill
said....

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I grabbed the ass in the manger,
risking spiritual anger
	the ass hee’d and haw’d
	I screamed “Oh my Lawd!”
my ass, not his, was in danger!
...

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The white lightning lamb won’t be here or there ~ he’s in you beyond the clouds

Inspired by a line from the Gospel of Mary: "Beware...

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Good Morning Eternity, Universe & Future
by Davieo, DVO, David Rothchild

Good morning eternity, lend me your strength,
To bring home the victories, bridge any length
In your boundless...

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Praying to the light
Trampling the night's basilisk
With its seven heads
Crushing serpent and lion
Trampling the legless dragon 
Through the light stream that crowned her

This is a...

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Tremble at my roar
Hailing my authority as reigning jungle king
Such beastly nature of mine propels everyone to
Hasten toward haven's hiding place, or flee for safety…
No...

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The koala's spiritual beliefs
Are difficult to assess.
He attends no mosque or synagogue
And never does confess.
He's not a cannibal and so
Communion is appalling,
And as for gospel...

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You entered our lives as a soul of an angel 
Traveling a distance 
From the likes of Grange Hill
Your health from the beginning 
Was such...

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The white doves as they left the rivers of joy and light 
Wept as they saw night's darkness approaching their garden of gladness 
Their hearts...

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BEAUTIFUL BUT ENDANGERED

I’m a tall lanky, long legged creature,
stunning beauty, easily recognized.
Body marks separate me from others,
that’s why been told … I’m easy on the...

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