Spirituality
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Playtime in the Garden of Eden
The sun has not yet broken the Eastern horizon,but Eve is up and eager to play.Standing at the entrance to the cave, she asks,"What today? Tag? Hide and Seek?Kick the Cantelope?Pin the Tale on the Pterodactyl?" Adam groans, "So early?"… 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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Somewhere Beyond
Somewhere beyondthe limits of mind and belieflies the Ocean of Mysteries.Travel there,and when you arrive,lean over the railingand open the handthat holds the pearlof inestimable value.Watch it disappearinto the dark water. Are you this Ocean of Mysteries?Or are you the… Continue reading
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My Daily Office
…proffering Christ in pictures and poems. Continue reading
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God Will Not Ask Me
God will not ask me, “Why were you not Jesus?” Continue reading
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What I Want
Life. Transcendance. Holiness. Purity. Innocence. Hopefulness. Continue reading
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Who Needs What?
My salesman uncle used to bragthat he could sell ice to Eskimos,sand to Arabsand water to fish. Then he became a ministerselling God to congregants. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Prayer
The millk of human kindnessdries sticky on my face.In your mercy,lick me clean. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Purpose of Poetry
The purpose of poetry? To awaken compassion, unseat the ego, encapsulate experience, startle the heart, reconcile our disparate selves, focus attention, grapple with God, heal, open windows, further the journey, surrender, embrace the other, sidestep convention, engage the senses, break open the heart. The purpose of spirituality? All of the above. Text and image… Continue reading