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Wakeful Peace Under Shining in the Sky

Wakeful Peace Under Shining in the Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  The morning April dawns, the force of March Prepares to fade.  A quietude so faint That it is silent, unheard, starts to arch Its...

No Matter How You Dress It Up, We Are Alone

No Matter How You Dress It Up, We Are Alone   Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  “Love is all.”  The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino     Charles Randall Stanfield                                       ...

How They Grow

          How They Grow “all things were made by Him” ~ John 1:3 Consider how the lilies of the field Grow.  Think about not beauty nor their toil But how they seed and root, so how they yield From earth and stalks and stems and slowly coil Out blossoms.  How can this...

Like the Burning Stake of Saint Joan of Arc

Like the Burning Stake of Saint Joan of Arc A scarlet leaf, a yellow one, a gold Flame leaf, an orange one, these rages yield Enough to cause a fire.  These colors scold The other seasons since they failed to wield Such passion.  They held hot as summer sun And cool...

Out of the Many, One Creed

Out of the Many, One Creed  Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  A thousand hilltops And neon’s autumnal leaves, One transparent brook.                                   ~ Shiki (Englished by Phillip Whidden)...