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

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Not All Snakes are Venomous

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Connection, Eden, Knowledge, Learning / April 9, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

What Eve and Adam gained
was the knowledge of each other

And did not leave,
but became larger than, the garden

Eden

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Knowledge, Learning, Separation, Shame, Sin / April 8, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Where Adam learned
that you cannot name
without limiting the namer
and the named

Where Eve learned
the aftertaste of knowledge

And God learned
that you cannot expel
anyone from the garden
and remain there yourself

Malpractice

Audio Recordings / tagged Advice, Judgement, Perception, Sin, Therapy / April 7, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

There have always been therapists

The first one was the snake
who just suggested to Eve
that she open up a little

For six thousand years
he's been trying to slither out
of a skin our projections
have painted him in

The second one was Eve
who many judge about as low
for passing it on to Adam

Magdalene

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Connection, Easter, Faith, resurrection / April 6, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

It is storied that Mary Magdalene was the first person Jesus appeared to after his resurrection.

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Poets in Springtime

Audio Recordings, Nature, Poems about Poetry / tagged Easter, Hope, Rebirth / April 5, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

It is not the job of the poet
to speak of spring in the springtime

The task is to gather
the cool winds of April
to freshen your face in July

And all through the fallings of fall
and all through the dyings of winter

And all through the long days of Lent
all through the pain of the Friday
reminding us always of Sunday

Easter Saturday

Audio Recordings / tagged Death, Easter, Jesus, Miracles, Prophecy, resurrection / April 4, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The impossible has happened
(silence)
The impossible is about to happen

The Reds of Spring

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Easter, Good Friday, Jesus Christ, Spring / April 3, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

A radiance of cardinals
an inebriation of winecups

Indian paintbrush
in a field of bluebonnets

Easter running down his ribs

A Manx’s Tale

Audio Recordings / tagged Cats, Death, Grief, Love, Mourning, pets / April 2, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

There's nothing as strong or as fragile as life
And nothing soft as a kitten's purr

And I'm awake and I'm sad and it's three in the morning
And it's Mother's Day and she doesn't even live in kittens

She and Jane would curl up together while I stayed up and wrote or worked or worried
Later I'd slip quietly into the warmth of
steady breathing and the soft blanket
of sound it rested on

In the night (not fickle but generous) she would go from bed to bed and bring to each of the children the comfort they might need
and lay down the same soft cushions for their sweet dreams

I don't know what her life was, or where it's gone or how to say thanks
and I can't sleep

It's two days now since she's been around
and the bedroom echoes
with the absence of her sound

Another for the Cat

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Cats, pets, Spring, Wild Animals / April 1, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

It's spring again
and the cat won't stay in
feralmones must be kicking in

Photo credit: James Bullock with thanks to Lady Grey

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One for the Cat

Audio Recordings / tagged Aging, Cats, pets / March 31, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Buffy at fourteen
down to only two speeds
catnap and catnip

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Eda Lishman on How I Lost My Faith – In PreachersMarch 3, 2026
An epic moment for seven year olds! Wow how many lessons can you have in one incident? And a few…
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Another gem worth it's weight in gold from you, Neil Meili!
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How sweet!

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