Long Feast day Poems

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be...

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                  Candied isle presents herself immodestly,
   exposing a proud seduction of 
    ...

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"Jesus said, 'Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the
world.'"

   --- The gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Saying 110

"Jesus said, 'If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but...

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Material life in the Material World:

Duality in every direction:
As Heaven above is,
So, the earth below:

With every delicate, red, mysterious rose,
A proverbial, wounding thorn ...


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Suburban splendor:

A life of "quiet desperation";
Holy apparition, manifestation,
Suburban confession:

One fine, fine house;
Five...

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It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory 
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny. 

As this place prepares to close 
When the final bell will sound 
To mark the end...

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Whenever in the company of his trusted friends
St. Paul Lafargue had always said:
"I sure hope I never get a sainthood someday
- That would be supremely lame for an atheist
 In any day and age."
The man...

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soft flames flickered offshore
Timucuan tribal campfires
luring Menendez’s armada

Feast Day of St. Augustine 1565
Spanish settlers rowed covertly to shore
more than 600 torches ushered in a new era of light

torches turned to gaslights
hanging yet today in a...

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The blind night lay down in feet
to go outside there is no need
I walk in my deserted place
I have no rest without our grace.
The pain will find my temple, bounce,
and finger looks for trigger, glance
of...

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Temple bells
Echo fond longings;
Feast day prayers

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Old room
Memories collide;
Touching time

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Brief vacation
Island paradise;
Getaway trip

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Loft sanctuary
Stillness percolates;
Quiet recluse

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Children's playbook
Tales to tell;
Fond distraction

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Sad glimpses
Earthquake disaster;
Desperate moods

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Evening escapade
Banquet feast;
Wedding celebration

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Stillness attends
Wounded day bleeds;
Dark night comes

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Super mart crowd
Groceries in tow;
Stressed cashier

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Haiku...

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Curl of smoky streaks
Joss stick messages;
Heaven bound

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Temple visit
Feast day moments;
Talk to the dead

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Bright Hill Temple
Where rites bring peace;
Family gathering

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Temple verandah,
Spacious prayer courtyard;
Surreal this heaven

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Closed eyes salute
An inner realm calls;
Spiritual insight

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Here we gather
Offer our earthly harvests;
Poignant...

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Here is Jesus on the great feast day
the finale as He speaks to the crowd
there were those of all types and persuasions
thinking of themselves great and proud

Jesus stands up and cries out
if anyone thirsts come...

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Corpus Christi in the southern region of the United States
Named by a Spanish explorer, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, and mates.

As he discovered the lush semitropical bay, an American city
on the Western Texas coast; Christian feast...

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So like train,you've braided all my hair,
So I pray,you've taken all my faith,
I'm giving away all vain thing,
God is the best,take even my feast day,
Hold unto my trust,
We're trading down,took all my time,
All my first...

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Nonetheless, it is autumn,
which irritates me
Regardless of the crowd,
despite the constraints.
Meet you in the spring.
My heart is in danger.

And then there's hope.
And a crazy dream, 
As well as a tenacious sail.
to my straying heart, 
the...

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As the church celebrates your feast day
known as the Immaculate Conception,
we're grateful for your intercession,
to be part of your Son's redemption.

Preserved from original sin,
a grace and privilege you've attained.
You're the new Eve, our Blessed Mother,
who'll...

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A Mystic from 13th Century Siena, Italy. 
She was a popular curiosity in town, because of her many visions, ecstasies, and miracles. Once in a hospital a maid came upon Aldobrandesca in a trance. The...

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SAMHAIN – All Hallow’s Eve

(Anapestic tetrameter)


As the evening approaches and darkness surrounds,
When orb spiders are weaving to capture their prey,
then, all over the country, a madness abounds,
Where abnormal behavior is out on display.

On the streets...

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Ah for the love of our Lord. Many folks don't understand
 what is meant by the "Immaculate Conception".
    
 I too at one time thought the title referred to the 
Virgin birth...

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Saint John of Rila
Father John –
I have no bread
(short is the bread daily)
And the Lestvitsa* -
so long …
Longer than a thought
and shorter than a peal
of a bell.
I’m ashamed, Father,
that today I am speaking
but not staying...

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Soon it will be a cold winter's day, 
hot chocolate is great for any holiday. 
I want to go out and play, 
let's go riding in a sleigh. 


Now to stop at the big buffet,...

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Form filling fantasy 
In between the lines
and now you don't 
see me

My signature is the 
ligature 
that ties me,
and fantasy 
the stranglehold that
life has upon me.

I dread Christmas and
Easter 
each feast day another way
to put...

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There was a giraffe
living somewhere in the savannas
a nightmare was its confusing life
laughable its appearance
   Bits of its head dotted the body
the tail and bones had bits of the head
most of the legs...

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