Steven Federle Poems

blue sky, golden plain,
fading hills filled with light -
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Glowing night,
clouds excite
the summer sky -
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Bronze angel, strong arms
lifting the rainbow,
you stand in the center.
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Out on the edge
death staggers,

frail legs falter
and fail,
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rains cease, clouds closing
rising to sun, blue by sky
encased and dismissed.
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dry earth
shifting ever-down
to lowest ground,
dust sifting
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War rages
in secret places,

cold war,
shivering bones
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"We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through it all the time...He is everywhere, He is in everything, and we cannot be without Him." Thomas Merton


Morning fog softens
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"Kindled by a spark of divine love, the soul streaks heavenward in an act of intelligence as clear and direct as the rocket's trail of fire. Grace has released the deepest energies of our spirit and assists us to climb to new and unsuspected heights." Thomas Merton

in the high Texan sky
contrail flaring,
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