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The Gift — Li-Young Lee To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he’d removed the iron sliver I thought I’d die from. I can’t remember the tale, but hear his voice still, […]
TRINITY — Michael Bugeja 1. God You have distinct dimensions. They are we: Encyclopedias and alphabets Of the Big Bang, exobiology, Inhabitants on multitudes of planets. Our light cannot escape your gravity. The soul is linked to yours, a diode Through which we must return as energy Until we flare like red suns, and explode: […]
Tortoise Shout (excerpt) — DH Lawrence Torn, to become whole again, after long seeking for what is lost, The same cry from the tortoise as from Christ, the Osiris-cry of abandonment, That which is whole, torn asunder, That which is in part, finding its whole again throughout the universe. O Me! O Life! — Walt […]
Advocate to be with you forever. … the Spirit … abides with you … will be in you … because I live, you also will live … I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. — excerpts from Gospel of John 14 Interrelationship — Thich Nhat Hanh You are me, […]
Come into Animal Presence — Denise Levertov Come into animal presence. No man is so guileless as the serpent. The lonely white rabbit on the roof is a star twitching its ears at the rain. The llama intricately folding its hind legs to be seated not disdains but mildly disregards human approval. What joy when […]
