Best Dorothea Poems

veils escape the province of the sea
like sea lions bouncing balls
presenting their accoutrements.

the silken fare, in the center of the square -
everyone sees the princely...

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When I was very young,                    ...

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There she stood, in a room all spic and span
Her name was Dorothea – the nun of Maryland
Ever so lightly, she picked flowers day and...

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she was only too aware that her own conception had been maculate

it had been not been a virginal birth and yet a blessed gift from...

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Pearls of sunlit smile
a gift of God to the dying
graceful and kind when approached
Dorothea takes anger and insults
as a gift of God to be offered
with...

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Her tears lost to rain ...
Dorothea stood in the cold mist,
her habit soaked through, though she cared not.
The gray markers spread out before her like...

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Flight Of Fancy
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Listening, I’m listening carefully
  A secret is whispering in my heart
        What you’re trying to tell me...

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Dorothea, my art dream,
as old as me,
has killed herself.
I make my paintings
small, my walls already
covered with my secrets.
it's the big 
brash art that sells,
it's the...

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Le Vrai et Nouveau Hymne National – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « The New True Anthem » by T. Wignesan

En dépit de ce que Dorothea...

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Into our classroom she flowed
Habit forming a sweeping swirl
And rosily did her face glow beneath her wimple
Pink and shining as though wafted straight  from...

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THE SWEETEST NUN I KNOW

During my 20 year Air Force career, I was assigned to the Chaplain's Office as a Chapel Manager.  During this...

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She was the sparkle at the heart of it
The love we all shared
I don’t remember a day that passed by, 
without her friendly smile or...

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Alone and afraid I sat there waiting, my heart beating double time and my head spinning in disbelief.
 Is this the right thing? Should I...

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She took the hands of others
And gently placed them in hers
To sweetly tell the story that guides faith
Towards love, goodness and charity
For she knew the...

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