Alla Bozarth Poems

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31.
Prayer To Allah

Yahweh/Elohim/Allah/God, intervene.
We three People of the Book
have abused and made it dangerous.
Meant to be a dramatic poem of inspiration,
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32.
Dancing Toward The Promised Land

I, Miriam, took my tambourine
and finger cymbals with me
out of the land of slavery
with its daily insults and petty
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33.
Becoming Composed

How long it takes to wait for the hummingbird to hover in front
of one’s lens, luminous purple and shimmering fuchsia blooming around it.
Unless one is a bear, how long it takes to pick enough blackberries
for a substantial cobbler, all morning to walk the roadside or out to the middle
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34.
Presentation

After a year of thorns
and disease, rambling
vines and blighted leaves,
at year’s end near first frost
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35.
Create Joy

'The pain passes, but the beauty remains.'
Renoir to Matisse

Suppose you have a chronic affliction.
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36.
Bear Wisdom

The Great Bearheart
secret for accomplishing
the impossible
on a regular basis
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37.
The Pilgrim Who Never Leaves Home

Being well of soul but ill of body
could be a grim pill for a world-traveler,
who revels in the sacred sights, sounds, tastes and smells,
and in touching the thoughts and dreams of Earth and her cosmos.
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38.
Life Is Worthwhile

It may be too late for many of us
to die young, but it’s never too late
to die ageless and happy.
Most especially, it’s never too late
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39.
Pearls

You are pearls.
You began
as irritants.
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40.
Gynergy

I have been asleep for ten years of my life,
but today am waking, waking~~

Aware of the seahorse
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