Poems

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TO A PRACTITIONER

Mabel Stuart Curry

A thousand homes rejoice todayThat once were sad and dark.

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"WHAT IS THAT TO THEE?"

Winifred A. Yates

If envy, curiosity,Tinge of jealousy,Should say to me,"May we come in?

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FROM SENSE TO SOUL

Grace Lillian Snell

Not enough—flower-petaled beauty—Fragrance also there:Not enough—soft-feathered bird-throat—Music filling the air.

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SPIRITUAL STILLNESS

Gibbs Hofmann

The Psalmist sings, "Be still, and knowThat I am God"; and those who heedDiscover Love's rich overflowMakes green the wilderness of need;

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PERFECTION

Ethel Walker

Perfection is no abstract stateNor wistful hovering of vague desireFor a mutation somewhat higherTo make us somehow better than we are—Perhaps to give us kinship to a star.

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IMMORTAL FRUIT

Donna Bartlett

To taste of fruit immortalseek Truth through Spirit's portal;unlock the gatethat opens unto Soulwith love, and let the wholeof heaven hereand now appear.

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COMPANIONED

William Aubert Luce

I am companioned though you are gone;From selfish yearning my heart is free.

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A clear sense of omnipotence—Be this my constant prayer,That when I would my friends compareAnd judge them less than goodMy love for God and man I findWill quickly bring me back to MindAnd I shall see as Peter saw:No man as common or unclean.