yet the bare trees smile
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There you have him, and you have him not..
humility, yetthe glimpse of glory;the glimpse of glory, yethumility..There’s how it is; and howit seems. And poetry.So poets say, of how it seems, that‘it’s as if…’and of how it is, they say that‘it’s as if..’for thus we are to knowthe slender, swinging, fearfulin its impertinent height overawful depths, rope bridgeof words across the chasm,life, below,…
The Rajah’s court, it’s said, sat dumb with grief,
on February the eighteenth, and full moon,three thousand, one-O-two years ere Christ’s birth;for wise men had foretold that ruthless span:the golden age, the silver, and the bronzehad passed. The age of iron now began:the last and worst of ages, where the godswere to be lost to mind: Virtue herselffrom four sound legs, reduced to merely…
Today the soft rain is
as gentle as mercy,making the airmore airy, if that can be,nature’s air conditioning let’s crudely say,and the geraniums blessing, in their turn,the front door to my heart’s home, are, manifestly,exhibiting pleasure.It’s almost a century since the Indian, Professor Bose –mark the day with unpicked flowers –was drummed out of the Royal Society, no less,for demonstrating…
No, of course I don’t…
a mere two scornful wordsin a stand-up comic’spatronising patter…‘The other day, at the ticket office,there was this old fart in front of me…’…just you wait, young man,until your sciatica, arthritis and rheumatismfeel the cold and wet today; yourtoupée (always good for a visual laugh)has blown off, your dentures havejust cracked into a plastic cleft palate,the…
But what is grace?
By grace we are as we are.By grace we shall be as we will be.That’s grace.But what is grace?Grace is what it does.Catch it as it acts; smiles; passes.That too is grace.
Every birth is a miracle;
but his two hands and his two feetare tiny miracles in themselves;the four first toys he’s yet to discover and enjoy;we can’t take our eyes off them –their perfection.but his face..still crinkled, his lipsalmost disdainful; as if he’s not yet readyto face the world, put on a face for the world;it’s not even a world…