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21. An Event of Getting Older by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Thursday, October 05, 2006 I had a dream about getting older, and mostly about being young... Once in a while my dreams are vivid, and I can remember them. Now I am older, not too old, but still y...

22. Renewing on the Journey by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    We go on in spirit with the journey with Christ this Easter...a blessing of the Spirit... I have been thinking about Easter, and at Church we have been talking about the risen Christ. This poem po...

23. The Melody of the Bible by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Hearing read readings from the New Testament, "The melody of the Bible..."For many years I have enjoyed and learned from hearing read and reading the New Testament. My Bible is "The New Oxford Ann...

24. Christ's Enveloping Charity by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Poem reflecting on gifts from Christ: "For God alone my soul in silence waits" Today, Friday, I visited a woman in the health care unit of a retirement home. She asked me for a word, and I gave h...

25. Sleep, Known and Unknown Petitions by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    "Sleep, invited each night with anticipation..." Sleep, known and unknown petitions by Peter Menkin Sleep, invited each night with anticipation. Lull during the hours to instill a deeper sometimes,...

26. Poem About a Dog by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Friday, August 11, 2006 My friend's Guide Dog is retiring: a poem-like statement called "Poem about a Dog"... Jan has a Guide Dog that is now 11-1/2 years old; time for retirement for Christmas, t...

27. Summer Before Last I Saw an Angel by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-26
    Friday, August 25, 2006 A little on the light side about Angels I have seen--just one... An older and lighter poem about angels, this poem was written more than two summers ago, making the angel s...

28. The Hope Humility Brings by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-25
    Wednesday, October 11, 2006 What the spirit of Church does: transformation, move to humility... This more recent poem describes humility, an experience and outcome of Church. I have thought about ...

29. Waiting Engagement in Contemplation: to Be/ascend...(2000) by Peter Menkin

    by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-24
    Friday, December 08, 2006 Musical sound reminding the listener of contemplation, an experience... This is a more unusual poem, hopefully worthwhile. I wrote it more than five years ago, in 2000. It ...

30. 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...

31. 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 ...

32. 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 ...

33. 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...

34. 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 ...

35. 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...

36. 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, ...

37. 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...

38. 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...

39. 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...

40. 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...

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