CHRISTMAS PRAYER

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An old fashioned Christmas
To make your heart glow
An Aquarian Age New Year
To help your mind grow
Christ's love is the binding
To make your life sweet
A package for living
That cannot be beat!
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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SUNSET ON MARINA BAY

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Rich the fading
Of the western sun;
Quiet - silent
Closing of today,
Beauty unnoticed
Under sun's demanding play
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What unknown gift
What untouched love
Has found it's life
In fading light of day?
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From Bite Size by GoeE
November 2006
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LINDO LAKE

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Once upon a silent lake
A lovely Romance came to call
Father sun peeped through
The cool and shelt'ring trees
Smiled on soft-piled leaves
And love embraced them all.
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Then peace, as it's inclined to do
Multiplied the love
To ten or twelve instead of two!
And though the silence slipped away
The Lake still tempts,
...............................the children play
And Lindo Lake shines brighter
In it's lively tempting way!
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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ALONE

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He stood upon the highest hill
Feet planted in dark soil
Peering eyes on distant skies
Searching there for God
He gave his heart in selfless love
Did all a man must do
Shared his love in selfless zeal
Was loved in many ways
But not that he could feel;
Loved, adored, admired, praised
He walked alone, through quiet days.
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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A MUSE D

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There you sit
In your sexy red gown
A half damp towel
About your crouched back
Bare feet curled
Tight on bare floor
Praying silently
Chattering teeth beating time
NOW! Do your duty now!
Recalling a time
When "go-go"
Was a Jitter-bug chant
Not a shiver-shake prayer!
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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BELIEF

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I believed

"You are only as old as you feel"!

So at age 85

I was teaching a group the

"Can-Can"!

I am now 87 - and bitchin'!

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From Bite Size by GeoE
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NOT DIMINISHED

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God is not diminished

Because I will not see.

My blindness

Takes not from the tree

One barren twig

She stands complete

In her own beauty.

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How could I be less

Becasue my off'rings fall

On barren ground?

I am enriched

To the degree that I can see

None can lessen me!

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From Bite Size by GeoE
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WORRIED

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It matters not where my body lies

For there, too is God!

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From Bite Size by GeoE
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POEM TO LIVING

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My heart sings
.....And joy encompasses me!
..........I savor thee!
...............I savor thee!
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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LIFE'S LITTLE MYSTERIES

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Why is it that in watching television

The proram is so subtle

We mus turn up the sound -

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But in-between advertising

Is a deafening pound!

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From Bite Size by GeoE
October 2006
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FALL

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Eucalyptus leaves, like lace,

Etched In dusty tracings

On my window

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From Bite Size by GeoE
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DREAMER

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Hang, sweet hov'rer,

Twixt earth and sky

Naught but heart of flow'r

To catch your eye

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From Bite Size by GeoE
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INADEQUACY

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It is my fear of inadequacy which

Causes me to walk the path

Of Discovery,

Where I am thrice blest

By those who walk beside me

And help carry

My self-endowed burdens.

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From Bite Size by GeoE
October 2006
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TIME AND TIME

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Outside my window
Maple buds, blossoms, withers, dies
Wrens come and go
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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CLIMAX

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Silver fire danced
Along the swell of ocean breast
Impassioned
Moaning
As moonlight's softest touch
Set flames alight
Burying the rhyhmic climax
Of the Sea and Night.
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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KOAN FOR KAREN

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To use God as a crutch
Is to make a first step alone
To use God as a crutch is to die
Koan Is a crutch
To walk alone is death
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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GOD LAUGHS

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God has a sense of humor
As shown to me each day
For when I try to hide it
It simply goes away!
And I am left in sadness
For another lousy day!
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From Bite Size by GeoE
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XMAS WISH

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It's been a successful ride
Down a joyful path
With the end not yet in view.
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Lest you think that age
Will slow you down
And leave you with nothing to do,
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May you use my love
To spear you on
And churn up a challenge or two.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR WALLY

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Age has moved graciously
Across the mirror of your time
and like ripples on a sylvan pool
Disturbs only with suface attention
The depths and the soul of you.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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ME-NESS

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Father, be with me sorrow,
Father, stay with me in pain.
I'm filled with fear and affliction,
See nothing but dark clouds and rain.
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I am lost in the desert of me-ness
And parched from the thirst of alone.
Father, stay close as I wander,
Give light to my pathway home.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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LOST LOVE

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My Paine died
And the very next day
Excruciating pain
Came to stay.
"Twas never he
Who caused the strife,
but restless me
Who rasped for life.
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Why should I cry?
He lived in joy
With compassionate wife.
Children grew strong
In their own way - and I
At eighty-three
Live in loving memory.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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DIDDLE, DIDDLE

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Diddle, Diddle Dumpling
My son John
Went through life with his stockings on;
Arrived too late, and left too soon,
Much too smart, but never wise,
Looked at life through fearful eyes.
Never touched the simple things,
Lost in intellectual dreams,
And found the earth a place to die;
Caught a plane and said goodbye.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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BALANCE

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Woman watches her world
And calmly and confidently
Ties and repairs loose ends.
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Man confidently and boldly
Challenges his world
To meet his desires and needs.
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Ever the two shall meet
And greet - and question
Such is the balance of life.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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TODAY?

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When my heart is heavy
And Life is dark
I call on you
To do your part.
Why is it, then
On bright sunny day
I dance, and sing "O'lay!"
And never stop to say,
"Dance with me today!"
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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SEEKING

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My frantic hunger

Bites

The softness of your lips

From which I tear

Drop by ruby drop

The blood of love

With which I try to quench

Again - and yet again

My burning thirst for life!

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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DEMONS

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If Demons abound
..... In the night of my fears,
And I experience no fright
..... In no way does that
Diminish the light
..... For I AM the one who IS!
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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ON THE DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN FRIEND

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I was unaware
Of you ... until you were not there.
As though the essence
Of some rare perfume
Had faded out
And left a dry and empty room.
I knew that part of me
.......... was gone.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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FIRE

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If you keep the fire going
.....You may burn down the house!
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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CREATIVE GOD

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I believe in a Creative God
Whose tendencies, abilities and love
Are pushed down and running over!

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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AFTERMATH

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Tall, the eucalyptus stand
Like painted soldiers;
Shakers motionless
'gainst a flat grey sky,
Silent guardians of the night.
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Faint ripples teasing breeze;
Subtle, blank turns great ...
Rose ... blue;
A winged hawk hovers high,
Promise of a 30dimension day.
..........Shall I wake?
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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WATER

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WATER, Murky flows
WATER, Troubled, angry flows
WATER, Pristine, flows
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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FOR WANDA

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Sweet sound of laughter
Sharp salt of tears, join to make
Joy of loving you
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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POETRY

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Poetry is not born
In creating tides
But in the quiet wash
Of memory.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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REMEMBER

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What IS, is God's will

What I do with it

Is MY choice!

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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MESS

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In the midst of a mess

Make mud-pies!

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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FLAME

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"The inner flame
..........Once lighted never dies."
..
Not so
.....For even conflagration
.....Gently tended must be
..........The hottest flame consumes
..........It's host ... and self
...............Ashes cool, blow and turn to dust.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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PERFECTION

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I am perfect me
Not potentiality
Yet all I see
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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YES!

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I don't think in straight lines
I think in quest'nable rhyme
Does that mean I am devious
Or that I'm sublime?
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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HAIKU

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Summer hot the sun-shine
Frail the feathered pepper-sylphs
Waltz in false-spring time
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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LAUGH

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Laugh: Release of joy
Laugh: Grief of broken heart
Laugh: Tear of compassion
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
(For Dr. Chan)
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SIMPLICITY

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Life is so simple

Belieive - or don't. If you do

Life will simply be

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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POEM TO A HEALING

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.....My heart sings
And joy encompasses me!
.....I savor thee!
..........I savor thee!
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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DICHOTOMY (2)

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I spend half my day

Drinking Water

For 'tis good for me

They say

Yet

I spend half my rest

And half my night

On the pot

Draining it away!

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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LIGHT

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Lo through your eyes

My eyes can see

Your light within me is my light

Your joy to God enjoins me.

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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HEALING HANDS

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Hands of healing

Heart of Love

Enriching Life of pain

Soothingly encompass

Lonely heart

To see new world again

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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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NEW YEAR

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May I express this new year with the love
....and beauty which surrounds me,
..........And may I embrace each day with
...............Responsive Action
.............................and so it is!
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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LIFE

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Deep within the heart
Of dying blossom, moves
The pollinating bee
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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ONE

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I AM, and know I AM
Because YOU ARE, and
YOU ARE because I AM.
You, and I, and God are One
Enjoining with each other
As all life must express
And recognize itself in Self
In and as it's brother.
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Why do I love Thee?
Beloved, let us count the ways...
Infinite as Eternal Mind
The Way ... is One.
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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WHEN

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There was a time
At Sixty-Nine
When life still held
A surprise or two
"What can we do
This day for you?"
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When did chores
Change to challenge
Somewhere along the way?
Since when did I
Just hide away
To miss the thrill
Of a brand new day?
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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FISHPOND

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Somnolent water
Murky, Golden carp flutters
Unperceived be
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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MIDNIGHT AFTER STORM

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Un-named excitement lies
In me, as in the heaven
Megalopolis of skies
In rush-hour anticipation
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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PROLIFIC POET

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I'm a prolific poet
Rhymes rattle ruthlessly
Through my head mentally
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I hear not the rogues of life
Nor join their ruthless pranks
Yet stand and watch with glee
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What have raucous family
And dedicated work
To do with me?
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From Bits and Pieces by GeoE
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IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER,

OR,

BUT THEN-AGAIN-BON MOTS

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What is is God's Will
What I do with it is my choice.
..
In the midst of a mess
Make mud pies.
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If you keep your fire going
You may burn down the house.
..
I believe in a Creative God whose
Tendencies, abilities and love
Are pushed down and running over.
..
Beauty lies in the eye of the appreciator.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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COMMENTARY

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In a modern country which has embraced "4-letter words" as poetic, why is a 3-letter word, like God so shocking!
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Some of us still prefer it - publically as well as privately, whether cursing - or praying.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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AWAKENING

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My eager ears reverberate
.....With life;
Poetry and song soar softly
.....Rhyme on rhyme.
Behind my darkened eyes
.....Word pictures dance.
God speaks within my heart
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
3/2001
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ON MOVING

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Outside my window
Sparkles gold the Oaks
And flutter white the Moths,
Absorbing pain of parting
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As seasons pass
Does one still mourn
Fierce crash of waves
On ageless rocks and shore?
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Perhaps an aching heart
Will richly heal
In silent contemplation
Day by quiet day.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
Nov. 02
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REDEMPTION

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Failure comes not from the lies
.....But in the lying there.
Arise! lest today
.....Dies a-borning
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
4/12/00
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SHAKARI

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God lives not in some
.....Far-off Shakari
But in the heart and soul
.....Of you and me
Though not the mind!
.....Not even He
Through convoluted thought
.....Can see.
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Nameless, answers to all names
.....Voiceless, sings in every heart
Formless, lives as mountain, brook and tree
.....Earless, answers every plea
Sleepless, speaks in every dream,
.....Loving thee and me.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
1999
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DEVIL

I cannot fight and conquer
The devil I see in thee...
Only the one
I recognize in me
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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TIDES

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The Tides of Time
Have washed upon my shore
A plethora of toys
Swirling 'round my feet
In dizzying array
..
Dare I get wet?
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
1997
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LIFE'S LITTLE WHIMSIES

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I don't think God stopped creating because he
perfected his creations in mankind -
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I think he quit because it just got worse and
worse!
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From Widsom From The Ages by GeoE
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DANCE

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Like the beat of music
.....God is the underlying rhythm of my life
My choices and experiences
.....Create the melody to which I dance.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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MOMENTS OF MADNESS

From the Paine of GEOE
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The Captain and the Sphinx
Are far-out - methinks
The Doctor and the Scott
Are nothing like you've got
Shake them all together
And the bunch of them can weather
A galaxy of plot
..
Now precisely what that means
Spock will tell you in your dreams
And exactly how that feels
Captain carries in his jeans
While Scotty and his lady
Are involved in anti-matter
As Chekov chases gir-rls
With his Russian-accent chatter
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And do we dare to mention
That in this fourth dimension
If you're really Enterprise-ing
There is hardly any tribble
In a life uncompromising
In its countless variations
Of no-man's lands primeval
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Yoo-hoo, yoo-hoo, Yahoorah!
Have you heard the sound
Of Tribbles as they play
And multiply around
Teasing poor Yahura
So she cannot touch the ground?
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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QUAN YIN SPEAKS

Charlotte Tinker
..
Quiet words in simple grace
wisdom's truth is spoken
Forgiveness is a wasted cry
When love is freely given
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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ANNETTE SAND

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Somewhere beneath the gleeful laugh,
Somewhere beneath of scoff,
Somehow your loving heart speaks out
And offers sweet release.
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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ERIC BARTHEL III

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I may not recall their names
But there you sat
Larger than life, and gentle,
Wisdom rolling from your tongue.
You claimed it not
Yet every day, in simple conversation
Wisdom and Compassion flow
In quiet syncopation
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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TINA GREGG

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She crouches gently on the floor
Listens quietly for more
Embraces all the energies
And then
In simple wisdom speaks
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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RANDY HENSON

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Randy smiles.
A gentle warmth
Embraces tensioned hearts;
The darkness fades.
The world seems bright
My soul, in comfort, rests
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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SUSAN RIDGWAY

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Rich her words
And simply given
Quiet strength
All sins forgiven
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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BILLIE ARNOLD

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Wisdom from another world
In simple faith
Confidently speaks:
Life is truly Rich and Pure
And always in your reach
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From Wisdom From The Ages by GeoE
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ODE TO OMAR

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If I had it all to do over again –
…..I would!
I may have hurt, but not with malice
…..Or been hurt – but not for revenge
And every pain has opened doors
…..I would walk again
I may have missed some open doors
…..But never did I hide
And when the Circus comes again
…..I’ll just enjoy the ride!

From Can Can Days by GeoE

Ohmar Khayam

The moving finger writes
And having writ moves on
Nor all your piety nor wit
Can cancel have a line
Nor all your prayers
Wipe out a word of it.
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CHRISTMAS SONGS OF APPRECIATION FOR A BELOVED FAMILY

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I may not recall your names
But there you sit
Larger than life and gentle
Wisdom rolling from your tongue
In sweet anticipation

You claimed it not
Yet ev’ry day
In simple conversation
Wisdom and Compassion flow
In quiet syncopation

From Can Can Days by GeoE
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BUSTLING CHRISTMAS

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Through the bustling threads of Xmas
Embracing family from afar
Do we blithely take for granted
The accepted daily star ?
..
Who keeps your world of comfort
Shining blithely through your door ?
Who makes the aches of body
Shake with laughter - cry with joy ?
..
Age may have it's drawbacks
And resignation makes it bore
But the quiet touch of loving
Opens wide the closing door
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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SING A SONG

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Sing a song of Christmas
With a heart that's filled with love
And dance a Happy New Year
With an angel from above
Gifts and toys beneath the tree
Are fun we must agree,
But hugs and love from family
Is what life is meant to be.
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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TINY CHRISTMAS

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Tiny heads
.....Tucked into bed
Tiny feet a'patter
..
Tiny trains
.....On tiny tracks
Make a joyous clatter
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Tiny reindeer
.....On the roof
And Santa getting fatter
..
Lots of children
.....Crowded house
Doesn't seem to matter
..
Christmas Day
.....Is on it's way
With Tom & Jerry batter!
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From Can Can Days by GoeE
Xmas 2002
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NEIGHBOR

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He has closed the door
And hid the light
The sunny sky
Or silent night
..............Gone alone
..
Does he sneak outisde
Every day or every night
Find a silent friend
Or simply make it right
.................Currently alone
..
From where I sit
To read and write
My ancient legs uncrossed
I never see a movement
In - out - or dancing glee
..
Diddly-Doodly-Dun-Dun
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
Marina 2008
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AGELESS YOUTH

..

Counting years has naught to say

Of Sad or Happy days

'Tis only fears of loss

With nature as the boss;

Of untouched plans

And painful, shaking hands

Whisp'ring "NO".

..

Unsung songs of "do it",

Restless dreams of joy,

Pictures of far places

With handsome unknown boy;

Old age lost in dreaming:

Youth's eternal glow.

Crying "GO"

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From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2007
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ANOTHER FOOT

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As I limp, creak, creak,
......Clumping down the hall
I recall
......My used - to -be
Chiropractor; wicked hands
......And Shining teeth
"You", said he, in profess'nal glee
....."Are put together
With string and a rusty nail!"
..
Yet he, - he-he
.....Is not around to gloat
And cry "you see!"
......To limpin', bitchin' me
At 83!
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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LOST BUTTONS

...
Some people think
My buttons are lost,
That thought is a life;
I simply don't think that high.
..
I just quietly say goodbye
To purpose and pizzaz,
Oh-oh, could it be?
Those buttons were me?
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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MY RIGHT KNEE

..
Where is it that I don't walk my talk?
Or, more honestly perhaps,
Where is it that I do?
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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PAIN

..
The color of my heart
No golden light;
It's murky depths reflect
My life.
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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UNAPPRECIATED!

..
When the spirit moves me
And I shout "it's a rhyme!"
The busy world around me
Is breathless, rhythmic line
And all my well-trained wisdom
Forgets the needs of time
As I sit with pen and paper
Babies cry and doggies whine
Too bad the stupid printer
Never prints a world of mine!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
March 2005
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LAID BACK LITTER

..
Unturned calendar singing MAY
Did I forget your birthday?
..
Un-read books with hidden marks
Left the hero lost in dark!
..
Limping in a clumsy shoe
Long lost sock, a dream come true.
..
Not a pencil to be found
Nearby a choking, restless hound.
..
..
Organized I swear to be
If I could only misplace me!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
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BITCHIN'

..
You've got
.....All of your teeth
And most of your buttons
.....All your children love you
SO
.....Quit your bitchin!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
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QUITCH'ER BITCHIN'

..
There are days
When gritting my teeth
Brings nothing but dental bills!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
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BORED

..
Nothing to dream for tomorrow
Nothing to do for today
But a sink full of dirty dishes
To wash and to hide away
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From Can Can Days by GeoE
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ROLL CALL

..

OR

DISHES TO DISHES

IN 80 FLAWLESS YEARS

..

All the challenges over -

......All the bragging done

Me and old hound sandy,

.....Lie in the warming sun

Not even brags to fill the hours -

.....Memory is lost and gone.

..

From Can Can Days by GeoE

2004

..

Editor's note: During the time my grandmother and mother lived with my small family, one thing stays in my memory. My grandmother insisted on washing the dishes after every meal, every day, by hand. We had a dishwasher, but she preferred hand washing. And being a homeschooling family, that was three home-cooked meals each day for seven people. That's a lot of dishes. But, that was her self-appointed job. Her way of "earning her keep" and contributing to the family. I love and greatly admire my grandmother for her determination to keep right on contributing every day in whatever way she is able. Bless her.

USED TO BE

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Huddled in the ancient corner
Guarded from the light
Bowing to the ghost of time
Age undoubtedly is mine.
..
Memory of "used to be"
Lies dark in ev'ry sunny day
Buries ev'ry yesterday
In helpless pain
..
When did death in grey array
Encompass ev'ry happy day?
How did "helpless" come to stay?
How did "but" become my way?
..
Yet somewhere shines the sun
Some how happiness does run
Somewhere Light awaits the day
And I can surely look that way!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
Sept 2004
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CLARITY

..
I thank you father, with all my heart
that there is strength and clarity enough
To appreciate, participate and embrace my life.
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2003
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HEART TO HEART

..
Beak to beak
..... - - ecstatic flight - -
Two humming birds
......Rise out of sight
..
Heart to heart
..... - - enjoined delight - -
Two mated souls
.....Soar into light
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
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A MUSE

..
Strong and bold, inquisitive
I walk in stress
No pussy-footing "we";
The seeking hands of healer
Lays helpful pain on me!
..
Sometimes, it seams,
The more it hurts,
The more I laugh
In satisfact'ry glee
And still,
..
When he lets go
My pain goes too,
And I will laugh
Through drying tears
..
One day I'll loose
The hapless pack
I stolidly and daily stack
Hanging on my straining back
..
And see the light
That shines so bright
Live and love delightedly,
Just by simply being me!
..

From Can Can Days by GeoE
..

SEASONS

..
Seasons come and seasons go
But life abounds in fecund grounds
And ev'ry loving, conscious hour
Reveals its brightly blooming bower
.....Those who see with heart and hand
.....Eternal presence understand
Do I die sometime before
My wary body seeks release
Or grasp with boundless glee
The tiny root that still expresses me?
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2003
..

WINDOW

..
Outside my window lies
A great brick wall
Wherein my David works
Miqua by his side
.
To build a handsome fence
Where riotous spring
Will blossom wild
With new and lovely bloom
..
Wherein lies the beauty?
The dedicated labor -
The gracious bloom -
The smiles of love
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
2003

..

FOR CHARLOTTE ON HER BIRTHDAY

..
With wise old eyes
That seemed to say
"This is my place
I've come to stay"
..
A small pink rose
In a garden's bower
A loving heart
A mind of power
..
A fountain of love
Which washes away
Compassion's pain
In a cleansing rain
..
Soft sweet hands
That soothe the fear
Courageous heart
For seeing clear
..
A gift of magic in tender hands
A gift of life, A song so gay
God surely smiles
On your birthing day!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
2003
..

LOVELY SONGS

..
The sounds are lovely songs,
And this today is mine.
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
..

HEAD TO HEAD

..
Tucked around my pillow
Watching candle flick'rin' out
How gentle and secure
The midnight sound of snore.
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
January 7, 2003
..

SUNRISE

..
"Hey!", you say
"Look at me - don't look away
I'm peeping in your window -
It's today!"
..
Yet your lovely light
Cheerful land so bright,
Reveals the mess
I left last night!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
January 8, 2003
..

I AM I

..
Behind a wall
There blooms,
bright red,
A rose
I see it not
Except I sit
In silent contemplation;
And then
Its glory shines
..
Beautiful its strength
Tender its smile
Strong its statement;
I am I - don't touch!
Let me bloom
And open wide
In mine own time,
To see and touch
The glory that is life
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2002
..

CHILD OF LIGHT

I read – and weep
.....My bruised heart
Filled not with guilt – but pain
.....That in the turmoil
Of unaccepted life
.....My hurt o’er whelmed by
Beauty un-expected

Yet do I truly weep
.....When out of the child of pain
Was born compassion
.....And heart of love
Freely given to embrace
......World of comfort,
World of grace.


Stiff-necked in the pride
.....Of denial – justified
Do I hear a cry
.....“See me, mother, this is I”
Gently lurks in corners dry
.....Crying, “Look! See me!”
Look – see thee!

From Can Can Days by GeoE
November 2001
...

WHO, ME AGAIN?

....
The hair I wear
Though somewhat spare
To my delight it’s mine!

And the smooth white glare
That you see right there
As I smile in mirth
Were mine at birth!
…..Or soon thereafter

I must confess
Tho’ reluctantly
The protruding girth
That shakes with mirth
……Is also me!

And the eyes that see –
Laugh at life so gleefully
Need a bit of help;
They perch upon my nose
…….At age of 63

I did not see
The joy of life – of being ME
Yet now I wait in mounting glee
…..The revelations of 83!

From Can Can Days by GeoE
June 2001

MAUDLIN MEANDERINGS

..
So - I'm not a sexpot of twenty-four
.....And never was.
And never knew
.....What to say - or what to do
When a handsome man
.....Would look at me
.............So what is new at Eighty Three?
Curiosity?
.....Someone to touch
A world to see?
.....Before the late and great GeoE
Must rest
.....And all her best
...............Mean naught - to me?
..
Yet in the dark of mem'ry lives
......The quiet - silent joy
Of reciprocity.
.....I have new life
It gives to me
.....Generations
...............To love and hold
And who can tell -
.....Perhaps the very cell
When I may choose once more
.....To venture thro' life's door
.............And then?
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
2001
..

CHANGING TIMES

..
When I was young
A hoppin' bunny
Brought baskets of sweets
And other treats
..
When I was a teen
'Bout sweet sixteen
I Bunny Hopped
To a ribald beat
..
Wisdom comes
They say, with age,
And a bunny's slippers
Soft to ease my feet!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
2001
..

SURVIVAL

..
Who wants to leave
..........Butt prints on the sands of time?
Thumb your nose
..........And walk your talk!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
..

BEST SELLER

..

Some beautiful

But stupid girl

Meets

Some handsome man

While some instant foreplay

Drags incestuously along.

..

From Can Can Days by GeoE
..

DOER

..
I am a Do-er
...........Not a be-er
I think -
..........Therefore I am!
Fight!
Fight the failing of the light!
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
..

BANQUET

..
Dialogue the Absolute
Dissect your Taboos
Devour your favorite misconcpetions and
Dine with your Spirit Teacher;
A banquet of learnin gon the path of personal growth.
..
From Can Can Days by GeoE
1998
..

RENGA

..
Lim’rick is laughing
Poem loving and living
Haiku transcending

.....Bird sings
.....Breath rustles tree
.....God weeps

Bauble, babble Mynah bird
Cautious – root, worm, earth entwine
Night cacophony

.....Light fades
.....Dark envelopes,
.....God laughs

From Can Can Days by GeoE
1987
..

CAN-CAN DAYS

My Can-Can days are over
I can’t quite swing my hip
But the songs I sing
Make my Memories ring;
And the “games” I play
Are as rich as a bitch each day

Memory sings
On broken wings
Yet age has not closed the door,

While the tales I tell
Ring a long-used bell,
And the days of yore
Are alive once more
To fill a joyous day

..

From Can Can Days by GeoE

..

PRAYER

..

ALL THE POWER

THAT EVER WAS OR WILL BE

IS HERE - NOW

..

I AM THE CENTER

OF MY UNIVERSE

..

AND SO IT IS

..

From Time & Again

..

FASHION STATEMENT

..
On a dark and dreary day
In the streets of Monterey
Walked a fashion statement gay
..
Stretch pants black and saggy
With matching boots, quite grungy
Golden silk the skirt
Where four planels gaily flirt,
Turquoise, Green and Oriental
Petticoat a-peeking gentle
..
Over all of this chick packet
Purple and pink, a bomber jacket
Final touch to top all that
A gloriously jaunty red ski hat
..
God's truth it is no lie
Saw it all with mine own eye!
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

'Tis So!

..
A sudden burst of laughter
Across the silence of an empty room
The fading, wafts
Into the darkness of eternity
..
Was that you?
Or does the echo of your gaiety
Forever sing
To fill the empty places of my heart?
..
And is it hope - or memory;
Did you really come to say
"Hey...guess who I'm fishin' with today?
One wise fisherman -
And He won't get away!"
..
Beloved friend,
I weep for me - not thee,
And find myself impatient
With the petty goings-on
While you are finding - answers;
Self revealed;
..
Looking out upon a promised land,
Walking hand in hand with Truth
The concepts we worked too hard to understand
The dedication to a path;
The joyous crossing that was planned;
..
All this you know
And I still wait - and wonder
List'ning in the night
To hear you speak -
"Tis so - Tis so."
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

DICHOTOMY

..
Meeting each day's challenge
.....With courage and grace
..........The Karmic Debt accumulateth not
..
...........The song is heard by singing
................Love is gained through giving
.....................The race is won by watching
..
...........Vision is gained in the list'ning
.......Life takes form in the dying
..........................Courage comes with being.
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

ETERNITY

..
Were I to find proof,
Incontrovertibly
That I, in some successful past
Was Plato,
Would that decry philosophy?
..........Or could it be
..........That even he
..........Had rungs to climb?
That all the wisdom of the past
Must be re-learned
Or be forgot
...........And ev'ry single soul
...........Alone must know - or grow
...........In his own time and way?
Or that eternity
Un-divided be
And leads just to the One;
............Or perhaps, indubitably
............Last night's Martini
............Was not good for me?
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

OH, MY GOD!

..
No God awaits enthroned in judgement
.....No dev-lish glee for stupidity
But ever unfolding, time on time
.....To know my Self in Thee.
..
"There, but for the grace of God, go I"
.....Is surely the quickest way to die
For life is undivided time;
.....My heart finds itself in thine.
..
God is not some deity
.....Who hides himself as me and thee
God must simply, wholly be
.....LIFE undivided..........Stet - GeoE
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

AFTER-STORM

..
The sun
With smiling eye
............Floats high
............In soft blue sky
......................As tho'
..
Yesterday
Had not been dark
............With vicious bark
............Of lightening's spark
........................And hail
..
Flirtatious miss
Who knows full well
..............Her tantrums only tell
..............How sweet her kiss -
...........................And free
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

ON MOVING

..
Outside my window
Sparkles gold the Oaks
And flutters white the Moths,
Absorbing pain of parting
..
As seasons pass
Does one still mourn
Fierce crash of waves
On ageless rocks and shore?
..
Perhaps an aching heart
Will richly heal
In silent contemplation
Day by quiet day
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

THE GIFT NOT GIVEN

..
The gift not given
Asketh "why"?
..
And echoes endlessly
Throughout the interstice of time.
..
Was gift, or giver, false,
A lie named love?
..
"Remember me" instead of
"Pleasure thee?"
..
The heart that's broken thine
.......not mine?
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

HOLD THAT LINE

..
You said you'd call
I said I'd wait,
But life's a siren song
That has enticed me
....................New fires
....................Warm old desires
.......Tho' in the silence of the night
.......I feel your questing touch
.......That line is dead.
.......Try www.com instead
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

WISDOM

..
Sometimes I am stupid
.....Knowing beyond all understanding
Sometimes I'm wise
.....Knowing I know nothing at all!
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..

BABY DAZE

..
There's nothing like a baby
..
To shorten all your nights
.....And lengthen all your days;
For making messy diapers
.....A cause for joyous praise
Or obnoxious bragging
.....A song of witty phrase.
..
Urping on your shoulder
.....Is a blessing in disguise
And love a priceless blessing
.....In those big unfocused eyes!
No, there's nothing like a baby
.....To win life's greatest prize!
..
From Time & Again by GeoE
..