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G. Wayne Glick
"This is my blood of the covenant"
There is no damping of betrayal’s guilt,The little deeds of virtue cannot serve;They niggle at the structures time has built,Unwilling to admit what they deserve....
May 3, 2010
". . . and our hearts are restless . . ."
Pontificating to the very last,I speak my feeble voice to the void,Caught by the lure Abba-Mater has cast.Though wise ones shun a loud iconoclast,...
October 6, 2008
Emancipation?
Many fields, many treasures, many pearls(One chosen). Here, fish netted, many kinds,But singularity is not the point,The point is, good are kept, and bad destroyed....
May 1, 2006
Late teaching
(Mark 12:1-12)Time’s Visitor feels time upon his head.Tuesday of Holy Week. Sunday’s parade....
April 3, 2006
Now we see . . . darkly
Sometimes, at end of day, but not of care,Mozart or Beethoven our aural food,Her hand reaches into empty air,A tactile search for something understood;...
April 4, 2005
Waxwings in the pryrocanthus
Heavy the waxwings hang upon the bough,A gospel dozen, sharing summer fruits,The pyrocanthus touched with winter snow,Alive with yellow-banded crested suits....
February 21, 2005
Mourning for Zenaidura
Outside the window, seeds laid on the ledge,A sick dove staggered, pecked, staggered again,And while I watched, it toppled off the edgeAnd lay struggling, then feebly pecked again....
July 26, 2004
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