Elizabeth Padillo Olesen Poems

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181.
The Dawning Of Autumn

How gorgeous to watch
when leaves turn gold
And when they fall down
to give life once more
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182.
Agent Of Reconciliation

Filled with fire
to do acts of love
Equipped with wisdom
to enter into dialogue
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183.
Reacting To A Medical Verdict

I came to wish to hear the good
I wish to be free from hospital visits
or from more slicing of the flesh.
But the doctor said, 'Yes, you must
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184.
Celebrate Life!

Celebrate life! Celebrate!
Celebrate life in fellowship
of friends, acquaintances and families!
Celebrate life in wine, food, dance,
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185.
Christmas And Detoxification

Food, drinks and presents,
Lavish food and lavish giving
Christmas parties, Christmas delights,
Christmas trees and sparkling lights!
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186.
Enter Into Our Jerusalem, Jesus

We bid you, Jesus,
come into our Jerusalem.
Enter into our hearts
where hatred and bitterness
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187.
Love Beyond Measure

Who can fathom its depth
when it touches the heart
to rejoice and mourn?
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188.
The Day After The Hurricane

And they return home
after the quick evacuation
home to their homelessness,
home to the loss of their properties
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189.
Burying Her Ashes

Strange!
A person with great height
and weight is now turned
into an urn of ashes.
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190.
Women Trafficking

Sold as cheap goods
abducted, aborted,
deceived, treated as slaves.
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