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Poems

DECISION

Barbara L. Kelly

The choice is ourswhetherby looking backto salt down the pastand preserve its errorsin crystallized regretsorby facing forwardto dissolve the pastin solvent of Loveunder Mind's direction;to beimmobilized by rigid thoughtlike Lot's wifeorfree from limitationsas Mind's child.

INTERVIEW

Maxine Le Pelley

Interview with evilNever.

"O THOU THAT HEAREST PRAYER..."

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

"O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

YOU'RE THE LIGHT

Harold David Joffe

I used to think that man was glassOf pure transparency,That as he wiped the dust awayGod's light would shine through him.

HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

Joanne Mazna Garinger

Yes, I do remember you now, Frank.

THE RISEN MAN

Kate Holland Patton

Risen from what?

PROGRAMMED FOR JOY

I. Jocelyn Birch

I cannot long be sad, for I was notProgrammed for grief.

POWER AND LIGHT

Maxine Le Pelley

Even in darknessLight in their dwellings.

BLESSING

Doris Kerns Quinn

"The curse causelessshall not come.

DO YOU LIKE TO LAUGH?

PAMELA D. VOSPER

I do! It's good to laugh.

BACK FROM THE BRINK

Carol Earle Chapin

Suddenly from head to toe I trembled—not because I'd nearly plungedinto the pond to staybut because I sawthe hugeness of my arrogance.

ANSWERING ADVERSITY

Daisy Stieber Squadra

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