Michael Shepherd Poems

From time to time, when
I’ve been meditating, and
these things matter, I pick respectfully
the plastic flowers from their vase,
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and for no reason
I start to sing;

for no reason
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A child with shining eyes,
eyes as alert as any wild creature
guarding its life; free as a human child
who’s loved and watched for,
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Once upon a time,
Jesus, who called himself the true vine,
turned water into wine
in an act of love.
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Brace up for a bellyful time today,
February 5—it’s Super Sunday!

Did you know that after Thanksgiving
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bumped into my grandson's English teacher yesterday
at the football, and in between shouting like teenagers
I moaned about the state of A's Eng. Lit. not to mention Eng. Lang. -
you know, you've heard it all before... in my day.....never regretted....
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Whatever that you think you lack – give that! ’ –
this saying, heard, lodged in my mind a space;
like seed that hides in earth – yet not inert:
its hidden clock an instrument of grace;
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Their grandchild’s silken first hair
brushed with tender love;
their own hair, grey or white or gone;
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Yes yes.. I’ve not forgotten that:
the presence of the great –

when destiny has brought you
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