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Connected Independence

Posted on Nov 14th, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  It is wonderful to move To a new place every day. It is wonderful to flow Without ice and mud Everything my friends, Is gone with yesterday. All the words are gone. Now is... More »

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Eclipse

Posted on Aug 21st, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Sheba's Gifts to Solomon   Queen Sheba loads forty mules with gold bricks as gifts for Solomon. When her envoy and his party reach the wide plain leading to Solomon's palace they see the... More »

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Value of Bubbles

Posted on Jul 18th, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  In your light I learn how to love; In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside of my chest, Where no one sees you, But sometimes I do, And that sight becomes... More »

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Every Turn of the Wheel

Posted on Jun 6th, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  You come and go. The doors swing closed Ever more gently almost without a shudder. Of all who move through the quiet houses, You are the quietest.   We become so accustomed to you,... More »

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Special Plates

Posted on May 30th, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Notice how each particle moves . Notice how everyone has just arrived here From a journey. Notice how each wants a different food. Notice how the stars vanish as the sun comes up, And... More »

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The Ruby and the Stone

Posted on Jan 1st, 2009 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  In linear time another year has arrived filled with dreams, visions, prayers and sorrows. The year is only a stage on which these events manifest in physical form, I am the one who creates... More »

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The Stories Never Stop...

Posted on Dec 29th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

    The Cat and the Meat   There once was a sneering wife Who ate all her husband brought home And lied about it. One day it was some lamb for a guest Who was... More »

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Shedding a Coat of Mail...

Posted on Nov 26th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Growing a Coat of Mail   Light going dim. Is it my eyes, or a cloud, or the sun itself, Or the window? I can't see the point of the needle, Or the other... More »

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A Poetic Fish...

Posted on Nov 6th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

    My poems resemble the bread of Egypt...one night passes over it, and you can't eat it anymore.   So gobble them down now, while they're still fresh, before the dust of the worlds... More »

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The Bird That Sang...

Posted on Oct 27th, 2008 by Hal : Poet , Author and Essayist Hal

  Birdsong From Inside The Egg   Sometimes a lover of God may faint In the presence. Then the beloved bends And whispers in his ear, "Beggar spread out Your robe. I'll fill it with... More »

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