Assisi Poems - Poems about Assisi

Oh Saintly friend I feel your pain The world you left us, now Racked and strained As patron Of our Eden land Destruction here At human hand So Francis, From your lofty view Come teach us, Spirit Help us renew This blue jeweled orb That we call home I fear we cannot Do this alone So perfectly Your tender touch Shaped lives, helped people Created much You gave away Things you acquired Opposite of where Our hearts...

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I have often been accused of being one of those, people who hates people but loves animals, but none of that is really true at all. I do like people, but in all honesty, I enjoy myself more when people aren't around me, and I do prefer domestic, feral or wild animal company. Move over Saint Francis of Assisi, there's a new...

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Stepping out on a July afternoon, hand up on forehead, squinting in the glare, flick out the Ray-Bans, eyes become attuned, descend the steps and stride across the square. The amber lenses paint a different scene, Palazzo Bernabei glows warmer hues, the vines that cling to walls a richer green bouquets of gift stall sun hats, whites and blues. These glasses worn to...

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I So Love All Animals So Unconditionally, that patron saint of all animals, Saint Francis of Assisi, pales in comparison to yours truly, still, kindred souls are both I and He....

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Dear St. Francis, In a recent dialogue with a close friend, I became aware during the conversation that I made a statement that was misunderstood. I allowed it to remain that way, not pursuing a path of correction. The tone and subject matter was such that it was best to leave it that way....

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A leap across the hill-top, Is an encounter with God. Concealed in the language of history The depth of human religiosity. It rings true for me though Those stories of Francis of Assisi. Surely, striking the hallmarks of simplicity In quietude where I cling to reality. There is a twofold bridge in it, That is historical and biblical. That I must continue to face The conundrum...

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While Financiers Assisi The scriptures never claim one day all whores will magdalen and disbelievers paul. There is no verse that says one day all thieves will dismas by the city gate while financiers assisi, their eyes, their tin cups up. Donal Mahoney...

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