airways
in with the good air
like
cartoon resuscitation
breathing is important
it also
signals contemplation
also
a necessity for yoga
instruction
but back to contemplation
as if to step outside
and on the porch
to inhale
nature
of the morning
or the sunset
in a good way doesn’t matter
life
in active participle state
(or
gerund as condition
with commitment)
reminding
teaching
remembering perhaps
though at best
through the filter of the moment
hearing
as if the sound might be
pouring through our cells
a gospel of
now
inhaling the moment
exhaling
what is dispelling helpful to release
into
the cycle of all atmospheres
but
you know
simply breathe
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Contemplatives Are Due on Maple Street
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God speaks to me each day, though
I must admit
II don’t know what that means
I mean
Sometimes I hear the words
Sometimes it’s a nudge
I suppose a shove would be too much
I’d lose the love in that
And think it
Something else with chagrin
(and from the gravel)
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I’d like to be an everyday sort of mystic
The kind a hobbit might accept
Have food,
A glass of wine,
Smoke a pipe
Then listen for the words that the
Spirit dictates
And hope I’m not sent to Mordor
On assignment
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A contemplative with wide windows
Sunlight, nighttime
Time for clouds
All through which to contemplate
World enough and time
As the saying goes
From Andrew Marvell’s poem
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This would do for a style
It would keep me in the suburbs
Or small towns,
In cities or on farms or
Or in other places near
Or far away
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