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by sojourner
Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:27 am
Forum: In Tribute
Topic: For my son (at age 7)
Replies: 4
Views: 7141

Re: For my son (at age 7)

thanks both!

I spoke at our church on Father's Day a few years back - and said that everyday I feel less prepared, less qualified to do this job. Its humbling to say the last.
by sojourner
Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:24 am
Forum: Seeking the Spiritual
Topic: Calvary
Replies: 2
Views: 2390

Re: Calvary

Thanks.

I got to thinking while hanging on a cross, playing the part in this past years church cantata. Even without nails, and only for three songs, crucifiction is no fun. This poem is the result of those musings.
by sojourner
Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:58 am
Forum: Workshop/Critiques Wanted
Topic: Nite Lite
Replies: 8
Views: 6600

Re: Nite Lite

I know how that goes, when the muse flies the coop. You have this idea, and it going to be EPIC! You start writing and wind up with a haiku. While its not bad, you just thought maybe it was going to be more. :lol:
by sojourner
Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:55 am
Forum: Seeking the Spiritual
Topic: the truth is bigger than that
Replies: 3
Views: 2599

Re: the truth is bigger than that

thanks.
came to me at the end of a long discussion with a vehemently agnostic friend :cool:
by sojourner
Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:14 am
Forum: Seeking the Spiritual
Topic: the truth is bigger than that
Replies: 3
Views: 2599

the truth is bigger than that

I've been in the ocean tossed by the waves and pulled by unseen currents I've floated beyond the breakers on undulating swells staring at the summer sky so when you ask me if i can believe the creek is all there is, sure I can see the appeal of mud between your toes I can appreciate the cool, the ca...
by sojourner
Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:50 am
Forum: Workshop/Critiques Wanted
Topic: Nite Lite
Replies: 8
Views: 6600

Re: Nite Lite

I wish it was longer! I looove moon poetry (me = a lunatic :wink: ) Since the looping structure, how it ends like it began, makes me think of the cycle of light to dark and back to light, I wish it wasn't over so soon. I'd have liked to have more words to savour. If you can think of more to say, you...
by sojourner
Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:32 am
Forum: General Poetry
Topic: Sinus Infection
Replies: 2
Views: 1926

Re: Sinus Infection

heh. I wish I hadn't been quite so "inspired" to write it... :darn:
but I figured if I had to suffer, might as well make art out of it.


:cool:
by sojourner
Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:43 am
Forum: Workshop/Critiques Wanted
Topic: Empty Mannequin
Replies: 5
Views: 4666

Re: Empty Mannequin

I would try to really pare this one down.
Use less words for more impact.
Leave more to the imagination of the reader, letting his mind fill in the blanks.

And maybe leave the fact that this is a mannequin 'speaking' a mystery til the very end.
by sojourner
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:22 am
Forum: General Poetry
Topic: Drift
Replies: 0
Views: 1573

Drift

I sit back and close my eyes let go of 'here' and 'now' stop seeking to direct my thoughts but aim to feel the ebb and flow of more subtle tides and drift wherever they may lead open to what is and was but more to what may be that I might gain insight for when the mind is unencumbered by mundane thi...
by sojourner
Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:41 pm
Forum: In Tribute
Topic: For my son (at age 7)
Replies: 4
Views: 7141

For my son (at age 7)

A few years old, but i stumbled across it and was floored by how its more meaningful with each day that goes by. Every time I look away I wonder how you’ll change I hang on tight to the image burned in my mind’s eye as I realize that version of you won’t ever look back at me again I file it away wit...
by sojourner
Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:33 pm
Forum: General Poetry
Topic: Sinus Infection
Replies: 2
Views: 1926

Sinus Infection

Methinks that death might be preferred to this chronic lack of sleep the dreams I'd dream if I were interred would be pleasant, calm and deep My desperate eyes, wet and red touched with madness longing for to close with I tucked in my bed perhaps to wake up never more My nose rubbed raw, my head is ...
by sojourner
Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:28 pm
Forum: Workshop/Critiques Wanted
Topic: Dreams
Replies: 1
Views: 2962

Dreams

orig. wrote this for the purpose of a musical collaboration with a friend. i'm not at all used to writing lyrics though, and i think I was overly rigorous with meter and such. let me know if it comes across stiff. From the moment you are born Nestled deep inside your heart Among the roots of who you...
by sojourner
Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:14 pm
Forum: Seeking the Spiritual
Topic: Calvary
Replies: 2
Views: 2390

Calvary

BANG BANG BANG BANG The pain at first isn't quite what I thought it would be; duller, thicker, but somehow not as sharp. It’s not the first pain of course, just the first nail. Still, all the other pains are forgotten. BANG BANG BANG BANG Now it’s worse. I could favor the first as it happened, but n...
by sojourner
Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:53 pm
Forum: Workshop/Critiques Wanted
Topic: Law of the Wild
Replies: 4
Views: 4833

Re: Law of the Wild

part III - Nesting Define their space The mated pair Scratch and gather Build A sanctuary A place to rest Comfy, warm and Safe Place of their own To nestle in To lie down and Love To reproduce Raise their offspring Keep them safe as they Grow Defend the home It has become Their space carved from the...
by sojourner
Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:17 am
Forum: Seeking the Spiritual
Topic: Gethsemane
Replies: 6
Views: 3243

Re: Gethsemane

excellent!
I've always thought that passage was among the most *human* depictions of Christ in all the gospels

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