(x = space)
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look! up in the sky
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a lunar people
even now and then
to appreciate
the harvest moon
the supermoon
that was an arc over us
last night
and shall look good
big
that is
above us
all this evening
while it flies
round with marks
we make things of
above
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Today Is What
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What is today
After some mental work
It’s Tuesday
In the morning
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In the ninth month
Against which someone will say
So many days
‘Til Christmas
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But that’s a cultural thing
(and a commercial thing)
There are so many things
Before
We get there
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Hallowe’en
Thanksgiving
(in both countries)
The yearly argument
Over which explorer exploited first
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And up here
(spring there)
It shall be fall
Leaves fall
In glory and defeat
Bare branches left behind
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Except for evergreens
That we shall value more and more
For symbolizing
Something like forever
Through all the seasons
And we hope
(burn bonfires
to the sky
to sky-gods)
Through the great changes
To forever
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Photo by Adrien Olichon on Unsplash
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Time and Again
(for J. R. R. T. in the birthday month)
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Sometimes
We know it’s happening
Far away
By powerful people
National leaders
Soldiers with weapons firing
Or
A catastrophe
That has not befallen us
Specifically
And like parades
We know they and these are passing by
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Sometimes it’s here
Still not for us
Our role might be
To observe
Or like the chorus
Comment on events
But this is not our stage
We are not the players
Not the principles,
At least
When there is news
We will know more
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Sometimes it is our time
The light might be on us
Maybe not
But it is our time
The actions
And the consequences
Our place in the world
To secure
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Perhaps I mean
The deaths of kings
(inclusive)
Then a fire in another part
Of town
Then maybe no more than
A birthday celebration
To have with grace
And thanks
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Or maybe our time
Is more important
However to us
It seems
To the people
To the planet
To the cosmos
Believe me or not,
It could happen
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It happened to the hobbit
Most of us are hobbits
Even without the provenance
Or wealth
(before the treasure is acquired)
Of Bagginses
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Photo by Look Up Look Down Photography on Unsplash
Hobbiton, Mata Mata, New Zealand
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Liturgy in Blue
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A pleasant-looking day
In September
It’s been a while
Not that unattractive days
Are unattractive
They also have the wonder of
Inhale and exhale
Libation to the senses
For the God who made them
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Inside this
In here,
What else is there
To say beyond
Praise plus supplication for
Another such as this?
Another gift we’ll think
We’re due
We are—with the caretaker’s
Responsibility as well
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photo by Kae Anderson on Unsplash
trees with changing leaves under a bright blue sky
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