President’s Cancer
My President has cancer
The kind
That killed my brother
Whose detection seemingly
Went late
And though he lasted through
The treatment and his life
Awhile
He was taken by the cancer away
From us
And what he knew
For sure of him
And so I feel strongly for this thing
My parents
And too many others I
Have known
While
This is about you
Mister President
Like
My brother
And I am sorry
And I wish you well through medical
Responses
Thank you for your service
By which we know
How to pray for you
In
Days
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graves say
(because they do)
hear them
while
we look at them and
hear
a message
as
we might wonder if they like the rows
or would they rather follow
contours
helter-skelter
around
trees
or as combined
through dells and over knolls
and gently curved
plus
with a wish for wildness
yet
they say at any time
so then
maybe we hear
and for certain days
articulate
a familied story from one loved or
waving narratives from
all the stones
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for Memorial Day
photo by Gabe Pierce on Unsplash
In the USA, Memorial Day is the last Monday in May (so this year 26); the day is a formal time for remembrance, mourning, and gratitude.
last on (our) dying lips
when
we have killed all the bees
and there are no circles
left in which
to live
we’ll
have fake food
a while
and
then
the last
words might be I love you
said to someone
though there’s
only a dry
Earth
all around
and
the only one to hear be weeping there
and so not unhear
and would not anyway
have
believed
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for World Bee Day
(21 May)
photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
“Bee in a Purple Field”
(haiku about the gathering storm)
bright day turning haze
storm wind blowing through tree leaves
as the sun leans west
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photo by rhett sorensen on Unsplash
Endangered Species Day
(today)
I don’t know them all
and yet I know
the issues
maybe we know
the hunting of unique animals
the destruction of
the homes
those that add usefulness with beauty
to the world we know
or
should know
and there are insects
even
burrowing the soil to make
the ground worth working as if
they had
the mission
to do so
trophies
as only the living
prove
healthy places
in which to survive as well as do better
than
survival
leave them alone unless
and until we make the laws of
us to cooperate with
those
of Earth
if the fauna
should be wild
let it
and them be wild until
we learn
mostly what they know
to be let be
let
as in leave except
for photographs
them be
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photo by Alan J. Hendry on Unsplash
Bona
I hope you’ve had a good
Day
And I hope tomorrow is good
For you
Too
You’ve been deserving of this kind
Of time
I don’t know
If
It will be easy
You
Might have to work
And work is hard
You might
Have relationships attending
You might be inspired
Or
Reinforced
By
Spiritual truth
Maybe a presence
But for all the mights
I hope it is
And will
Be
Without doubt
A good
Day for you
I don’t think I’ve said this for a while
If not
Please pardon
Me
S’il vous plaît
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Photo by Àlex Rodriguez on Unsplash
“Nice Game”
Fontcoberta
(Esperanto)
1983
my mother died that year
only in her
fifties
I suppose I’ve dwelled on this
with words in
verse
before
maybe last year
to
think about each year
not in acrostic
too real
and I’m not clever
when
she
was young
that is
in her fifties
cancer took her
diagnosed too late
n.b.
so cherish
love on Earth
what there is to love of Earth
love one
and if possible
love more
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photo by Bill Kucera on Unsplash
2 weekend haiku
Saturday crowds green
back and out front glisten ‘round
wider spring’s sunlight
city slides from hill
bushel claims the under-light
weekend gospel press
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photo by Ruslan Zh on Unsplash
nostro papà
(as from one faithful)
papa
we welcome you
we hope you will address
the things
that wound our church
peace
be with you
and we shall pray for you
as you ask and will
you
pray for us
and we think you
will
things need changing
and
things need to remain the same
how do we
both
and yet we must
we are ancient church and
modern
too
how to be both
well
there’s much to do
be safe
be love as
Jesus says
as we should love our neighbors
too
may
all the sins be cleansed
as only God might
clean
and may good and true
believing
and the living
take over as we
love God and we love you
hear us
please
please lead the church
with hearing
along with pronouncing where
(and
what)
there’s need and so
we pray for you
yes
we do
go with God
maybe
God
with all of us
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remembering Francis
photo by Onur Binay on Unsplash
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