dawn
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O Antiphons: Dayspring
O come, thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by thy drawing nigh; dispense the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadow put to flight. We watchnot only through dark nightsbut also dark days.Who filled the worldwith… Continue reading
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Look Up
Within your perceptual fielda noxious concept takes root.It's all your awareness can see,an obsession that batters your heart. Look up. It's only one weed in a meadow of blooms,one prickly but singular plant.Stretching for miles are blossoms of dawn:all yours… Continue reading
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Dawn’s First Fingers
Dawn's first fingersreach around our neighbor's houseand stroke the graying slatsof our tool shed. A small gray catpussyfoots her wayup the naked, broken trellisto the cracked, tacked, faded gray shingles of the roof.She faces the sun,raises one paw,licks it twice,settles… Continue reading