TEMPER
After 20 years, lost her temper
or, did she just find it
Monthly Archives: March 2007
A CANADIAN TRADITION
A CANADIAN TRADITION
The crazy Canuckness of Kerouac and Cohen
Searching for a road-wise sunrise
And the crack in everything
where the light gets in
Not to follow seems a sin
MOOD DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
MOOD DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
What do I do
If daring to share
I bring you down too
TAURUS TRAVELS
TAURUS TRAVELS
When Taurus travels
Roots are torn from the ground
LURE OF THE LIMERICK
The “Lure of the Limerick” book’s at my side
The one I’d sought far and wide
I was sad to discover
Some dirt on the cover
And happily much more inside
All The World’s A Stage
All the world’s a stage
And there’s no plays like home
ON THE OTHER HAND
ON THE OTHER HAND
In Haifa
we visited a home
with original paintings by Chagall
(You know how he can always
make you feel like you can fly)
and a bomb shelter
under the stairs
Stopped at a wall by a bus stop
with one stone for each child
killed in the explosion
And looked down on the harbor
across the order the beauty
of the gardens of the Bahai
Looked out across the water
to Lebanon where the last
rockets flew
NEW TRIBES
NEW TRIBES
From the old tribe of Isaac
and the old tribe of Ishmael
Israeli and Palestinian
couples and their children
come together by the sea and share
We are teaching the skills of listening
the skills of sharing and skills of hearing
The rules are simple
tell your truth as your truth only
Assume as you listen
that the person makes sense
If they do not seem to make sense
assume you need more information,
By the end of the weekend
the eight year olds are sleeping over
teenagers walk on the beach till dawn
A new tribe being formed
SACRED DANCE
SACRED DANCE
The Bushmen of the Kalahari
dance all night in a circle
dance a calf-deep trench in the sand
In a circle around the circle
sit those in need of a healing
And because it is a sacred dance
any dancer at any time may step
out of the dance and do the healing
and then return to the dance again
Knowing without knowing
that everyone is a healer sometimes
everyone needs a healing sometimes
You just keep dancing
REMEMBERING THE
REMEMBERING THE
Architects of Texas
are often charged with the task
of adding a little southern charm
to an eastern chain’s boxlike plan
So
that is
why you’ll see
Spanish Mission touches
on the top and corners of the
new hotel out on Airport Road
Holiday Inn Alamoed