poetry landscape

with contributions from Steven Ryf, Isabel Ferguson, Julie Mosheim, Gwenn Gurnack

WHAT SHALL I WEAR TODAY?

I won't choose the tattered one,
made from the dull and repetitious
pattern of mortality.
That stifling cloak would have me appear
as heredity's pawn.

Instead the Father dresses me
in the garment of immortality,
woven with seamless attributes
of His grand design,
the pattern flawless,
resplendent in Soul's majestic hues.

Originality and freshness
daily sustain its timeless style,
and doesn't it fit perfectly!

—Steven Ryf

LIGHTNESS

Bakers rise before the sun
to proof their yeast rising
to change the chemistry of meal
to make a meal of risen bread.

Wake us up early, Mother,
to catch each upward thought.
You, the One and Only,
we, partakers of Your good.

—Isabel Ferguson

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

The man with the withered hand
what's really happening here?

The instruction's clear,
"Stretch forth thine hand."^*

Expand what you know of Man.
Extend thought to embrace
harmony and immortality.
Enlarge perception beyond
the lies of sense.
Increase your store of
dominion and strength.
Magnify your status as
a child of God, beloved.

Extend thought to see
you are already free!

—Julie Mosheim

* Matt. 12:13

FAITH

Staying on the mountain
When tempted, "Down here, please!"
Daring to be different
when no one else agrees.

Rejoicing in a healing
Before the proof appears,
Singing in the darkness
Trusting Truth to calm your fears.

Sometimes turning left
Just because it's right,
Holding fast a vision
Before it comes to light.

Forgiving and forgetting
Without apologies,
Freeing up your friends
To find their destinies.

Faith is living daily
At divine Love's call,
Radiantly happy for no
Earthy reason at all!

—Gwenn Gurnack

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