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Haiku
words like winter windspirit-piercing shards of icearrows to the heart Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Herod
He cursed the visitors from the East,the so-called wise menwith their outlandish robesand queer accentsand preposterous pronouncements. A week passed,and they had not returned. Stargazers, astrologers, bah!Why had he listened?They had betrayed him, yes?Or were they too stupid (too foreign)to… Continue reading
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Transmutation
The ancient alchemistslong soughtthe philosopher's stone,which could transmutelead into gold. I have found it.It is simply this:kindness. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Lover
If you are to take a lover,let it be your soul. It desires you;you lust for it. Be ravished by its mystery and power. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Tornado
A giant, gray ballerina,clumsy, out of control,pirouetted through our small town. Ashen dress wound too tightly 'round her legs,she struggled to stay upright,flailing her arms,whacking our single streetlightthrough the Miller's picture windowtwo blocks away,staggering through the bakery,ripping the roof from… Continue reading
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Let It Have Its Way
O, my God–loving and sustaining God–sometimes I feel as if my heart and head and soul will explode–so many ideas and insights and understandings and imaginings–all at once. What am I to do with this? How/when/where does it find expression?… Continue reading
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The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 7
It's all yours–every scattered, incomprehensible nebula,every iotic jot and tittle,union, vigor, repute,now and always,with us or without. Let it be so.Let it be so. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The River
In Hidalgo there's a riverthat's renewed my faith in grace;strongly flows with cooling waterfor my body and my face. Lord, you knew that this was coming,placed it on our journey back,knew our bodies needed cleansing,and our souls refreshment lacked. So we… Continue reading