Paul Hartal Poems

Memories woven to monument towering to heaven
Of a sweet, gracious and wonderful woman.

Though she did nothing wrong, she was persecuted
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Peace is more
than the absence of war,
more than
the enforced decorum
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Dear Moon,
Old faithful friend
of lovers and romantics,
you are our nearest celestial body,
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A remote source of the Nile,
the Kagera River originates in Burundi.
On its way to Lake Victoria it flows
into a steep gorge along the natural border
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You talk not about your love,
For the greatest love
May envelop itself
In a lacy veil of serene secrecy.
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Truth hides and drifts in silence.
Standing before Pontius Pilate,
Jesus said:
“I have come into the world,
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To be healthy, wealthy and wise
takes more than working hard,
going early to bed and jumping out of it,
yawning and weary, early to rise.
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We can love many things.
Sunshine and good weather,
a charming house and
perhaps, absorbing novels,
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There are science fiction stories
that describe other worlds, stars and
galaxies where inhabitants measure time
in a different way than us.
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