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21. A Man Finds He Yearns for God by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Friday, December 15, 2006 Here is a good reason to go to Church -- to find God... Lately, and by that I mean the last six months, I have been reworking poems. Here is one I workshopped on Blueline...

22. Winter Light Brightens the Path by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Saturday, December 23, 2006 Poem for Christmas, a wonderful Holiday... If I could format this poem another way on this site, I would do so. I've been told it is difficult to read with the sentence ...

23. Early Morning by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Thursday, December 28, 2006 Bright morning star of Winter, it awakens me to Dawn... There are few mornings when I am up from bed so early, as I was some years ago on a regular basis. My kinship to ...

24. Steel & Chrome Parade, a Poem, by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-23
    Sunday, September 14, 2008 Steel & Chrome Parade a poem by Peter Menkin The parade of town & county people and painted cars with chrome tailpipes was a glee on old Grant street--miles long parade...

25. The Awakening Spirit by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-21
    Notice the Spirit of God, it is being awakened in us for Christmas...Sometimes my poems are better, and sometimes they are not so good. That's how it goes with poetry. So is my experience. Here is a ...

26. The Names, Word of God by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-21
    An imperfect poem... Yes! Usually I send my poems to friends so they can be my readers. One wrote back that I had not followed the form of "names" well enough, but they knew what I meant. I took tha...

27. The Lighted Candle by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-21
    Sunday, February 18, 2007: As we Enter Lent before Easter, a reflection and Poem on a Mystery I experienced. Ash Wednesday and Lent itself are coming very soon. I look forward to being in Church, ...

28. Portents Say More Winter Days by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    I have Ash Wednesday on my mind this night. A solemn service, I note these words from The Book of Common Prayer: Almighty God, you have created us out of the dust of the earth: Grant that these ashe...

29. In the Flame of the Candle Unknowable Vastness by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    In the flame of the candle unknowable vastness (2001)by Peter MenkinGod's presence arrives,listening to the lightedcandle. The flamecommunicates the awaredevotion of silence, makingthings seen and un...

30. Visit to the Veteran's Hospital: San Francisco by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Visit to the Veteran's Hospital: San Francisco Just last year a friend from Church passed away at the Veteran's Hospital in San Francisco. I wrote this poem some years ago, after visiting "Fort Mile...

31. Prologue of the Great Text of the Rule by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Swept Away My call by God led me to become a Benedictine Oblate. It has been 12 years, including postulancy. Sometimes I feel as if I must abandon myself to Christ in the spirit and life, to go down...

32. One Word Prayers by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Prayer to Aid in the Darkness There is darkness in my mind, what I've called "the crocodile brain" part. A living darkness, ancient and primitive. I live with this part of me. A teacher says that wh...

33. Easter Poem by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    A poem for Easter: Happy Easter! One fascinating fact about Easter that is telling, is the wonderful role women play in the Easter story. I wanted to emphasize this wonder, so this poem. Easter Poe...

34. Reading Buddhist Thought by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Some words about Thich Nhat Hanh, a poem My poem is about a spiritual teacher named Thich Nhat Hanh, the result of reading a book of his writings. As you may know, I am an Oblate of Camaldoli, a mo...

35. Conversation on Religious Poetry

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Conversation on Religious Poetry:Two Statements made by Peter Menkinon Eratosphere...The discussion in full from 2006 can be found here:http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum3/HTML/000641.html (...

36. Conversation With Aged by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Conversation with Aged by Peter MenkinI recite a long Psalm, 119, beginning as a confession but lending my thoughts and opening my heart. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, And I shall keep ...

37. Christ's Presence by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Poem about JO, who passed away The Redwoods is a retirement community located in Mill Valley, California USA and the result of efforts for the elderly by the local United Church of Christ (Community ...

38. In Thunder and Stone by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    The first of the Ten CommandmentsA few years ago I began work on the Ten Commandments, which I have paid attention to as a series of Ten poems from time to time. One book I read on the subject of the...

39. Summertime Talk in Color and Sound by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    Summertime Conversation in Friendship What's this poem (?), but a conversation in summertime with experimental sentences and the idea of friendship. Yes, that's it. A poem that shows friendship, and...

40. When I Prayed With Sisters of Charity by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
    This story or poetic recollection of praying with the Sisters is about impetuousness, or else the Holy Spirit. The church is a living place. I sometimes wish I had not done something, or said someth...

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