Solitude
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With No Offense
With no offense meantto theologians or accountants: A theologiantrying to explain Godis like an accountanttrying to explain poetry. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. (Concept suggested by Wm. J. O'Malley.) Continue reading
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Rain
I will sleep well tonight,with the rush of rain around me,with the woosh of water as cars pass in the street,the drum of drops from the roof to the porch,the hiss of mist whispering through blades of grass,earth greening herself… Continue reading
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First Snow
In advance of first snowthe chill winter windcombs the hares from the fieldsand shepherds them safelyto thickets and hedgerows. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Between
Between your current exhalationand the inhalation to followis a brief momentwhen your breathing stops. (There, it just happened.Were you aware?) Imagine that moment of no breathas the pause of possibility. (It just happened again.) Your life began with an inhalationand… Continue reading
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Purr-uning
As he curves into my arm,resting his ebony head on my shoulder,kneading my neck with the cool pads of his paws,his purr passes through me,cleaning out last season's dried weeds and spent dread,like a gardener pinching off dead blossoms. He's… Continue reading
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Waiting for the Mud to Settle
She sits in silence,waiting for the mud to settle,the water to clear. It takes awhilebut it happens,and at the bottom of the poolshe sees a pearl,and a small, teary-eyed monster, all out of breath,mother's cameo broach lost in '82,a broken… Continue reading
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Holy Week
For most of my life, the tender, sorrowful laments of Holy Week, more than the joyous, triumphant hymns of Easter, have attracted me… Continue reading
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Break Through
Break through the limitsof sensibility, logic and reason.Stamp and jump until the floor gives way.Drop into the sweet chaos of irrationality. Here imagination reigns unrestrained.Poetry and passion collide and ricochet.Symbol and allegory lunge, leap and laugh.Creativity dances, glances, bounds and… Continue reading
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To Be Undone
At the speculum of spirit,unmask.At the mirror of candor,undress.Do you like what you see? To be with Godis to be undone. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Just for Today
Just for todaystop trying to get somewhere.Stop wanting anything in particular. Instead,experience where you are.Experience who you are. Just for today,let the mud settle.Let the water clear. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading