Companion blog for the essay: "UNIFICATIONISM a critique & counterproposal"


"A religion does not need to be interpreted literally
in order to be valuable and taken seriously."
—Anonymous

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from @utblog - April 2013 to July 2013


7/25/2013 

chapel ceiling sky ~ one becoming grace bridges ~ adam's weak reply

7/23/2013 

tried to reach for you ~ journeyed in the rising sun ~ called, no one knew me

7/23/2013 

born to bear witness ~ speak to me of your true love ~ I have ears to hear

7/22/2013 

enthusiasm ~ dreams come to a focal point ~ burning passion found

7/21/2013 

I can bow to Love ~ I can bow to Christ in you ~ and you Christ in me

7/19/2013 

small ode to odd toes ~ under a great woman those ~ delightfully so

7/19/2013 

my life without yours ~ preposterous on its face ~ by definition

7/18/2013 

good friends calling friends ~ sometimes for no good reason ~ in spite of reason

7/17/2013 

I can bow to Love ~ I can bow to Christ in you ~ and you Christ in me

7/17/2013 

no room at the inn ~ for my beloved sister ~ what hope there for me?

7/16/2013 

Rembrandt painted truth ~ Joseph, Mary, Hannah, Christ ~ identified with

7/13/2013 

fire and thunder ~ circle faster and faster ~ only to look back

7/11/2013 

hearing another ~ under the skin of mere words ~ living red blood flows

7/8/2013 

sleeps on the heat vent ~ once curious and playful ~ now merely waiting

7/6/2013 

she choked couldn't speak ~ tears from watching "Lincoln" film ~ civil war savior

7/6/2013 

sisters july forth ~ waning moon, no fireworks ~ star-spangled night sky

7/2/2013 

surprised still leaping ~ wind rush ocean approaching ~ sudden cold, but thrilled

6/29/2013 

not seeking healing ~ pain is where precious love lives ~ life's carried treasure

6/29/2013 

new york blue morning ~ dancing rooms full, now silent ~ leaving vacancy

6/23/2013 

fell asleep dreamed me ~ dreamed you were pulled from my rib ~ level of the heart (Eve's Dream)

6/18/2013 

the entrance as word ~ in trance is more to the point ~ forgetting your Self

6/16/2013 

no room at the inn ~ for my beloved sister ~ what hope there for me?

6/16/2013 

odd fellows fathers ~ even myself being one ~ maybe that is why

6/4/2013 

give birth to a heart ~ strong contractions and deep pain ~ among family

5/30/2013 

oh sweet charity ~ faith and hope carries one through ~ greatest, charity

5/28/2013 

tame my warring tongue ~ weapon words to medicine ~ balm of gilead

5/27/2013 

you create me too ~ it is all this sharing hearts ~ no me without you

5/26/2013 

with you Holy One ~ walking in the cool garden ~ no shame, no hiding

5/24/2013 

how do you explain ~ ocean was there now withdrawn ~ oh come tsunami

5/23/2013 

space gone instantly ~ light screams between the mountains ~ and the sun rises

5/21/2013 

heaven calls our name ~ how do we represent You? ~ out of many, One

5/18/2013

lone high desert sage ~ touched by the light before eve ~ knows good nor evil




5/17/2013 

shepherds talk of love ~ sitting on the meadow fence ~ bleating fills the air

5/16/2013 

longing for someone ~ speaking warmly one to one ~ not servant, not king

5/15/2013 

thank you holy one ~ your love and care breeds courage ~ to go on and on

5/13/2013 

two glasses filling ~ one overflowing spirit ~ one flame in the heart

5/13/2013 

precious holy one ~ your true devotion moves me ~ you are selflessness

5/12/2013 

under standing me ~ is a vast ocean of love ~ birth and birth to be

5/9/2013 

no room at the inn ~ for my beloved sister ~ what hope there for me

5/9/2013 

thank you holy one ~ gifting me eternity ~ you know i love you

5/7/2013 

holy one I see ~ willingly you sacrifice ~ that I may yet be

5/6/2013 

just thought I would call ~ no particular reason ~ you were on my mind

5/6/2013 

womb came natural ~ knowledge life's distractions hide ~ returns in the tomb

5/3/2013 

white chrysanthemums ~ careful greenhouse oceans grow ~ red sport abruptly

5/2/2013 

climbed a high mountain ~ grand vision offered itself ~ butterfly lighted

4/29/2013 

lamenting no no ~ this world should never have been ~ child's first day at school

4/25/2013 

I hear the wild doves ~ after four years throwing grain ~ each note the reward

4/25/2013 

creative moment ~ without beginning or end ~ we learnt not to see

4/23/2013 

wives and husbands change ~ family friends come and go ~ flames in the fire

4/23/2013 

fresh black live earth turned ~ feed the soil not the plants ~ good tilth grows slowly

4/22/2013 

I can die happy ~ poem children born of love ~ thank you holy one

4/21/2013 

the glass is empty ~ but not empty of promise ~ empty of myself

4/21/2013 

biting winter wind ~ blows in spring as tall trees sway ~ holy one kindness

4/19/2013 

this well ordered world ~ forged for safety link by link ~ a chain for the soul

4/17/2013 

can it be wisdom ~ to be so fully detached ~ flowers bring no tears

4/15/2013 

dancing holy one ~ beyond names always to be ~ free fall into bliss

4/14/2013 

tall jeffrey pine tree ~ fire resistant powers ~ scent of vanilla

4/14/2013 

high desert springtime ~ mountain bluebird kestrel flash  ~ gifts urgent to share

4/12/2013 

waking up this morn ~ heard the birds singing outside ~ felt these are my birds

4/11/2013 

"no room at the inn ~ for my beloved sister ~ what hope there for me

4/10/2013 

when the moon turns cold ~ its night light gives no comfort ~ leaves me feeling old






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