Poems from January 2024

January 31, 2024

Circle of Love

NOTE: "Circle of Love" is one of my poems for choir. The words are set to Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes!” Play this music and sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1BedwyFKY.

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January 24, 2024

The Way

The way eludes the snare
of language. It is hard to catch the wheeling birds
scurrying up helixing stairs,

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January 17, 2024

Micah

Micah 5:2-5

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January 10, 2024

[tanka]

brainstorming
in the corner office
on the fifth floor...
the high seriousness
of fall colors

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January 3, 2024

The White Christ

Red-bearded, blood-soaked Thor faced off
against the white Christ
at the end of the first millennium.

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