John O’Donohue focuses on how paying attention to the outer landscape of our world cultivates the inner landscape of our soul.
Poetry
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Triduum: Substance vs. Accidents
At the crucifixion’s liturgy,
I see
the Tent of Meeting pierced and purged
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Trees
speak in scent.
text in fungi.
laugh in pollen
and seldom stray
from meditation.
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The Death of Cicero
His servants pulled him through the postern gate
To ride in shadows to a waiting ship
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Turning Seventy-Five
an instant sharp pain somewhere near the heart
and sudden ringing in the ear when no bell tolls
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Abyssfishing
my shiver-feathered
fly like prayer
arcing sinking
through the air
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The Grail Quest
May the poem, grasped and penned, be the Grail
sustaining hearts healed for a spell
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Carol
Throughout the waiting house
We’ve strewn our mangers. Maybe
This year we’ll find one baby.