Category Archives: Books & Poetry

The power of the word

I am too much alone in this world

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Michaela

I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour. I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough to be to you just object and thing,  dark and smart. I want … Continue reading →

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Red & Green

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Michaela

A walk along the emerald river passing the dormant vinyards crossing the  frozen creek A strelizia in a vase  

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Scripture and secrets…

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Michaela

A fascinating article about the re-opening of the Vatican Library as a public resource. God’s Librarians Link to the Vatican Library

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Symbolism of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Michaela

Deep in the heart of humanity exists the mystic yearning implanted within it at the first Christmastide when the Light of Man made a definite place for Itself within and upon this dense earth planet. The word Christmas is derived … Continue reading →

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The Journey

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Michaela

THE JOURNEY By Justme Read by the author At first you did not recognise me…..I came to wake you because you told me so. You told me you would sleep; you told me just a breath ago. It seems so … Continue reading →

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My Life is through Dying

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Michaela

My religion is to live through Love: a life created from my own small mind and self would be a disgrace. The blade of Love cuts away what covers the lover’s soul; Love’s sword severs sins. When the bodily grime … Continue reading →

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What keeps us alive

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Michaela

  What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure? I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved. I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey to find its source, and how the … Continue reading →

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Full Moon

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Michaela

Above the tower — a lone, twice sized moon. On the cold river passing night filled homes, It scatters restless gold across the waves. On mats, it shines richer than silken gauze. Empty peaks, silence: among sparse stars, Not yet … Continue reading →

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The full moon

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Michaela

You stop to point at the moon in the sky, but the finger’s blind unless the moon is shining. One moon, one careless finger pointing — are these two things or one? The question is a pointer guiding a novice … Continue reading →

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The Panther

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Michaela

His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else.  It seems to him there are a thousand bars, and behinbd the bars, no world. As he paces in cramped circles, over and … Continue reading →

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