Long Fellow traveler Poems

The Field
by Rumi 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field. 
I'll meet you there. 
When the soul lazes in such lush grass 
the world is too...

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Birdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!



I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I...

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(Brian Johnston speaks to Lora Colon)  

Getting older don't you wonder 
What your life is all about? 
Wages earned don't leap to haunt me 
Like my dreams of fighting trout - 
Lightning flash and...

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I Want to Walk with You
 
I want to walk with you with our heads held high
Never cowering, never with heads bowed
With our feet on this blessed soil, and our dreams reaching for the sky
...

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I saw the puppy, when I awoke behind the dumpster,
Playing with a piece of trash, snorting and woofing at
The imaginary beast and I wondered what brings the
Little gift to me to enjoy in this world...

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It stretches mind to understand
How telescopes are time machines,
Have God-like powers quite profound,
To plumb sky depths like submarines.

To go where no man’s gone before,
To see a past that’s clearly been,
Discover facts before man’s birth,
Track photons...

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I reach for the horizon of awareness,
A distant sun just beyond my grasp,
I stand at the shore of this vast ocean,
Ready to wade into its depths,
Unsure of how far the tides will carry me.

First, I...

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On cue
God his purpose is elusive
What is actually his role?
In our lives and in our planning
What good is worship as a whole?
Don’t we long for independence?
Why would this start up a fuss?
Why should we give...

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I had this feeling just today.
Had to walk outside, feel the sky
with my eyes... In This Way...

"Unlock"... okay, I said.
Love, the voice in my head.
"Come..." and a.Way it lead...

Glancing around now, to the Tree.
Are you...

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Studies his subject intensely
Like watching a dance
Each move remembered precisely
Taking a ready stance
Quietly and concisely
Evaluating the circumstance

Friend, foe, relative, stranger 
Fellow traveler on life's road
A challenger of danger
Or one he desires to know
Thief of culture...

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In the midst of the 
    asphalt homeland 
One does see 
   Some natural life at times 
As I sit on a bench 
    in a park...

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