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."
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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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