Poetic-Verses
110,166 poems read
Lent 2003
Not far from Mexico
Somewhere deep in Southern California
In a Japanese fast food restaurant
Too many cars
Too many malls
Hustle Bustle Crazy
Cell phone fueled
Impersonality
Dash home to sit numb
In front of computer/TV screen
Where's the poetry?
Slow down
Eat less
Spend less
Enjoy more
Palm Sunday--jubilant entry in to Jerusalem
Branches of Palm Leaves and Hosannas
First steps in a dangerous journey
What demons lurk
Waiting to clutch
And claim their possession
Passover bitter herbs
Lenten Sacrifice
Preparations for Passover
The Angel of Death
Spares the first born
That they might someday lead
Through the desert--
Through the mountain passes
Into the unknown and the
Unknowable
A hungry young man
In the cold El Nino rain
I offer him the rest
Of my Sandwich and coffee
He stares at me
Startled and surprised
His eyes made me feel as though
I were an empty vessel
Where is the poetry
In Southern California?
Not in cell phone crazed
Communications
But in the cold rain-
Bread and coffee