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Street Corner Disciple

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 20, 2022| 10 Comments »




And there on the corner
of 43rd and 8th, while sirens
wailed past us and the sun
played hide and seek
behind theaters and high rise hotels,
she told me how, five years
after her husband’s death,
grief has unfolded
into profound tenderness,
how loss has helped her feel
a sense of home in the divine—
and I wished every street corner
in every city
might be so blessed
by conversation,
words that float like incense
through the wailing morning air,
something heady as sweet amber,
sensual as rosemary,
something that infuses
the urban drive
with the woody scent of peace,
something so true it proves
every inch of this scarred earth
is host for the sacred,
and that no matter where we are,
we might find another
who helps us blossom wider
into the shocking flower
of gifts so much greater
than our selves.

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One Night on Broadway

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 4, 2021| 6 Comments »


 
walking the crowded street—
how many thousands of invitations
to fall in love

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Between the Chores and Doctor Calls

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on July 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »

 

 

 

Amidst the sirens

and the horns,

tucked in between

the skyscrapers,

we found a garden

with a fountain

at its center

rung with trees

and lush green leaves

and purple hastas—

and there, inside

that sudden peace,

my dad and I

sat side by side

and didn’t solve

a goddammed thing

but listened to

the sound of water

falling, falling,

and watched it

rising up,

rising up again.

 

 

 

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Self-portrait as Tenement

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 25, 2017| 2 Comments »

 

 

 

So sweepingly pink

the sunset over the city

that it pours

into the emptiness—

not to fix it, no,

more as if to show

what a little splendor can do

when given a place

to enter.

 

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