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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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MLK Day 2021

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Remembering / tagged Civil Rights, Equality, Hope, Inspiration, Martin Luther King Jr. / January 18, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
A dream is a dream
except when it's a nightmare
time to dream again

The life and dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. are celebrated today

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay 

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Holy Water

Audio Recordings / tagged Faith, Hope, Politics / January 17, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Jesus came in love
and love is a miracle always

which abides and shall abide

for as many in his name
who have pissed in the font
as many and more have kept it pure

On our knees this Sunday that Joseph the carpenter might rebuild

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Prophets and Losses

Audio Recordings, News, Relationships / tagged Belief, Cult, Dictators, Faith / January 16, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Our faith being true
sadly never guarantees
that object is too

Photo of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, German by ArtTower from Pixabay

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Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe

Audio Recordings, News / tagged Politics / January 15, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
6th -   Auto immune disease ravages the body politic

13th - The body fights back

20th - Has a cure been found
           
         - Will anti-vaxxers roll up their sleeves

Image by Anita S. from Pixabay 

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Im-Peaching the Poets

Audio Recordings, News, Poems about Poetry / tagged Politics / January 14, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

How to rhyme
in an unrhyming time

How to sound soulful
describing unsoulful subjects

Nothing rhymes
with orange, not even blood
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Black and White

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Courage / January 13, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Old mister magpie
yin-yang trickster
coyote of the sky
 
Wearing on the outside
what I’m hiding
in the in

Black and white
and good and evil in
clear and equal measure
 
Sitting on a fencepost
scolding me for
a coward

Photo by Ovidiu Cozma on Unsplash

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Eagle Eye at Eighteen

Audio Recordings, Ranch Life / tagged Regret / January 12, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The Golden Eagle hangs
on a string of grace
a hundred yards
to the west

I raise the 32-20
Winchester
and squeeze off
a shot

Dead hit in the breast
the string breaks and it drops

Quick voice in my head
Damn fine shot

Slow voice from my heart
Damn fool
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Wake Turbulence

Audio Recordings, Flight, Nature / tagged Winds of Change / January 11, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Deep in the night the great horned owl
strokes silence with silence

If you land a small plane behind a 747
(Don’t land a small plane behind a 747)
If you land a small plane behind a 747
the invisible vortex from its wingtips
can toss you back into the air
or slap you hard into
the ground

Behind the great owl
the softness of its passing hangs in the air
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The Bobcat

Audio Recordings, Nature, Remembering / January 10, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Close by the Boy Scout camp
I came upon a bobcat in a tree

I looked at the bobcat
and the bobcat looked at me

She was poise and beauty
and one with where she sat

I was knob knees shaking
knob knees shaking and a funny hat

Boy scout camp, St. Victor Saskatchewan. About 50 miles (80km) north of the Montana border 

Image by milesz from Pixabay 

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The Badger

Audio Recordings, Nature, Relationships / January 9, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Observe the Badger
creature of the earth

See how she moves with the grace and ferocity of tectonic plates

Observe the badger 
but do not try to pet
her soft earth softness
Do not let your hand
get caught
between the plates
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