Self-Portrait as Burnt Offering
March 18, 2018The prophet says:
I have earned a right to the voice of prophecy.
I have suffered and seen the future
and suffered by the seeing.
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A Perfect World
March 18, 2018Shy people would be kings and queens
of their own secret realms.
They might require everyone to wear sunglasses
for an hour every day while conversing
with strangers.
The Man with One Foot Outside of Hell
March 18, 2018Moshan Fani, in the Dabistan, or School of Manners,
tells how in Zardusht’s dream
the only light was the fire of a kind of purity
burning like a star far beyond
the dark side of ordinary evil.
Handmaid
March 18, 2018She turns at the well, the pot on her hip,
resting before filling it,
lifting it, returning home. The Pool of Siloam.
Hezekiah’s Water Tunnel,
Brattle Street Elegy: Buildings
March 18, 2018Our new, low, brick ward building is about a mile from my house. It’s an easy walk there, on clean, neat sidewalks, through a young development of nearly identical ranches and split-levels in the suburbs…
Brattle Street Elegy: May Many Phoenixes Rise
March 18, 2018Dear friends, I received the news about the fire from Mary Johnston at work Monday morning. After clicking open a few images and reading Steve Rowley’s wonderful tribute, strong waves of grief welled up inside…
Brattle Street Elegy: A Deep Reverence in My Heart
March 18, 2018Dear friends, It has made me shed tears all over my keyboard to read these notes from so many of you with whom we’ve shared wonderful times in the Cambridge Chapel. I have the experiences…
Brattle Street Elegy: Looked like a Church, Sounded like a Church
March 18, 2018How I’ve enjoyed your memories, especially of the bright and beautiful people and the warm acceptance!
Brattle Street Elegy: Part of Our Family
March 17, 2018The chapel on Longfellow Park held so many, many family memoies and history that I feel as though a part of our family is gone. My grandparents were some of the people who were instrumental…
Brattle Street Elegy: Freudian Analysis of Lehi’s Dream
March 17, 2018My mother just emailed me to let me know about the fire; and although I am typically a lurker on this site, I have to write a few words simply because I associate this building…