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Tragedy by Numbers
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A student killed
Two countries mourn
The suspect
Is exultant
Happy to have killed
Wounded one
More
Happy for Warhol’s
Fifteen minutes
Though we have to say
Allegedly
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Closeup of sequins on a sequin dress.
Photo by Joran Quinten on Unsplash
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Love Speaks
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I don’t think I’m crazy
When I think about
Love speaking
Love speaking through
Moving water
Shakespeare’s gentle rain
Or more literally
Through the tap
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Love speaks
Through wind
Yes, the angry kind
Also the zephyr when it’s gentle
Or through anyone’s
Exhalation
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Love speaks through the ground
I don’t mean in earthquake
Though that’s true
As much as through the
Increments of growth
We cannot see
In roots below
And plants above
And with accompaniment
Of horses’ hooves
And deer
Or
Smaller critters
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Love speaks
Through the seasons
Love speaks through you
I should listen
I really should listen
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Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
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Photo by Christophe Maertens on Unsplash
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The O in Omicron
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Omicron
Is impressive
Like the o in omega,
I guess
Something surprising
Something final
The end is a beginning
First cases reported
How will we get sick?
How will our vaccines withstand?
The title shouldn’t be
A headline,
Something instead to tell us
It ain’t over
All of this
Be careful
And take care
Of each other
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Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
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Four Candles
(Hanukkah)
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Four candles
In the evening
Halfway through
The miracle,
Each moment’s
Marvel
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Faith after
Occupying armies
Desecrated sacred space,
The focal point for
Freedom and
For worship
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Manna
Or like water from a rock
The people had been given
Light when
Darkness by the rules
Should have returned
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Praise the Lord
Who needs insufficient
Oil to light lamps,
Who can
Feed the hungry
Without what we count on
As real food,
Water by divining
(for being divine)
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Who sponsors home
And time
And holy life
When and where there
Had been none for
So long, now all in safety
And in light
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The Star of David with blossoms on a fruit tree in spring.
Photo by David Holifield on Unsplash
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