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Wealth of Winters

Old roots reach deep water, travel through hardpan and stone to the well beneath the earth. There the wealth of many winters, full with light

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Holy Rosary

Flood tide fills the coves and beaches, with sunlight bright on a calm sea. Beauty enters the hollow places, bringing peace to heart and mind

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Pure in Heart

Sun and stars bathe the Earth in light, illuminating the soul in morning solitude and sacred dark. We journey through cosmos gathered in this embrace,

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Record of a Friend

In the still morning the sound of whale’s breath, geese in flight, fog horns in the distance. Close as always the comfort of silence and

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Caverns of Peace

The blue gray morning signals autumn’s approach with the clouds of late summer. The green world breathes under gentle rain; mosses come to life, green

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Place of Solace

Sunlight on the water this cool September morning, with rain clouds over the distant island; the earth pitch-perfect in communion. It took a lifetime of

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Plain Chant

In the dawn hour the sea lies flat between tides, no wind or movement, only the quiet of the coming day. As the sun rises

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Angels of Light

Communion is hard to come by when so much is based on untruth. Addiction to lying demands increasing doses, until the body collapses under the

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Prayer of Silent Truth

My cask of praise empty, the last words of thankfulness consumed in the burnt forest, I struggle to the altar heart weary and without solace.

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In this Moment

The morning won’t deceive you with its freshened air and sound of birds. You needn’t rely on memory; the timeless touch is on every plant.

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Rusted Cables

South wind breaks in waves against the ebbing tide, sunlight falls in shafts on the rain-soaked shore. As I follow the sea’s motion anchors of

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Music of the First Born

Lifted on summer waves, the pulse of life carries us beyond decay. New seeds crack open, revealing pale forms with boneless limbs, aching for daylight.

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Birth Wail

He visits the well in early morning, before the day opens for business. With a battered tin cup he dips out words and fragments to

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Tumbled Smooth

He lingers on the Moon and the pale light of Arcturus as the valley heat passes over. After years of avid collecting, he fixes his

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Faith of Leaves

Green leaves of the cherry tree sparkle in morning light while ocean’s breath cools the valley. Suffering these last weeks, reverence was hard to come

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