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As We Marched

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 29, 2026| 12 Comments »


 
 
I imagined every step a step toward integrity, 
toward justice. Toward language that respects
diversity. Every step a step toward equality. Truth. 
I imagined every step one step closer to peace 
in our country, toward peace in the world. 
I am old enough to not believe in arrivals, 
I am fool enough to believe in love. 
I am human enough to believe in community. 
I am scientist enough to know we need each other. 
Perhaps some part of me wondered what good it did 
for a few hundred people in a remote mountain town 
to walk together a few blocks, chanting, then walk 
back to the courthouse again, but tonight, in my body,
I feel it, the trust in humanity that rises when I think
of how we gathered and drummed and believed
in what our country can be. My heart beats 
a new rhythm in time with belonging.
“This is what democracy looks like.” 
Tonight, after we’ve all gone home, 
I know we’re all still marching. 

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Eight Haiku

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on January 5, 2012| 2 Comments »

Dad, I'm So Glad You're Alive

evening news headline
Man Lucky To Be Alive
it is all of us

*

all this letting go,
said the hands, and nothing
to show for it

*

standing naked in
the downpour, the biggest part
of me does not get wet

*

I bet somewhere there’s
lively applause for all this
beauty we’re making

*

all those years holding
up a ceiling when it was
time to live outside

*

God said nothing
and I listened closer and
really heard nothing

*

your body,
there is not one hair that
isn’t holy

*

I keep no secrets,
the wind said, so no one can
ever blackmail me

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Listening to the Place Inside

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 28, 2011| 1 Comment »

New song
new drum
new groove

new hum
new rhythm
new hit

new favorite
and silence
does not change

one bit.

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