Provision

(x = space)

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Provision

(from Psalm 23)

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Still waters

But not stagnant

There is movement

Of the Earth

And provision by

Earth’s Spirit

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The saints

And other essences

Provide gentle

And fulfilling currents

And sponsor peace

Beneath, above

Where water moves

And air

And all good things

For that we might rest

Beside the water

And sometimes go in

For cleanliness

Or fun

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France

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Jazz Tribute

Jazz Tribute

 

Water

Spoken oddly in some places

I prefer my

Waters

Muddy

Not to drink

But to drink in

 

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Jazz Mass

Jazz Mass

 

Welcome to this house

Of Monk

Coltrane

And many more

Saintly-celebrating

 

Billie Holiday

Muddy Waters

Buddy Rich who sticks for

Ella

 

Sacred syncopated

Earth and all stars

Their music turns

A service

Into lifetime crazy, holy

Obligation

 

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“Earth and all stars,” the first words of a hymn by Herbert Brokering composed for Saint Olaf College, Minnesota, first published in 1968

 

Red Sky at Morning

Red Sky at Morning

 

The Coast Guard claims

dangerous waters off the

coastlands of Northern

California

 

The Guard is right, of

course—and will that alter

our decisions for safety

sake

 

Well, I can hope so

 

But it seems to me that

warnings of danger mean

a challenge, a contest

to some,

 

even an extraordinary

holiday from which some

shall not return after

 

A last holiday—for some,

not me, too appealing