Glen Kappy

Glen Kappy Poems

I got there
just before it closed
and checked out
the book of poetry
...

from 'Dreams and Visions'

As sun gently warms and dries
drips and drops still fall from rainspout
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from 'Dreams and Visions'
to Gloria

In a dream last night
...

'And when they had sung a hymn…'
—Mark 14: 26a

You sang, Lord(!)
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Because of what you have done
every dawn can be as this one—
as fresh, as clean, as full of expectancy and color.
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A snatch of Mariachi music
as I pass a hotel window
summons tropical colors
of plants and clothes
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I've been praying for friends and family passed
for their warm reception to God's eternal bosom
thinking of them as shadows of what they were.
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A Monday morning. Early spring.
No work today—nor worries.
Setting out to walk three errands
he is greeted by a house finch singing.
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from 'Dreams and Visions'

Free of the usual—
what it requires
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Send strong winds, O God
and sweep away
the hatreds and the hurts.
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Don't know why
but looking at the lawn beneath the apple tree
from my seat beneath the arbor in our backyard—
the mixture of longish grasses and clover
...

Mid-morning. Monday. College campus.
Spring semester done.
Few are here
with all its trees, bushes, flowers
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1 Cor 1: 25

When Hitler ruled Berlin
the bees went out and in.
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In early light
a street or so ahead
a body walking
much in silhouette—
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The calendar tells
that spring is still
a wistful distance away.
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from "While Passing Through"/Fall

Crisp air—caw caw caw—
riot of changing colors—
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It's snowing seeds!

From all the elms
with graceful limbs
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from 'While Passing Through'/Summer

Summer morning sky.
Behind the clouds overhead
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For Claude
the shimmering light
on water and on flowers.
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1
Poets are like spiders—
better poets
better spinners—
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Glen Kappy Biography

Dear brother in the poet-craft Daniel Brick, whose poems you can read here in PH, 'got me' and my poetry well. I quote him from his essay here: 'Reading his poems for the first time, I did not know until I was in a particular poem that it was indeed a religious poem. And I'm sure that is the way Glen wants his religious poems to be read: the religious elements of such a poem unfold gradually in the reader's mind as he or she encounters them in their human context. It is our common humanity which the poems reveal, and in some there is the plus factor of the Christian faith embedded in the whole... Persuasion is the key tone of his poems. Things happen, some big in scale, but others small or very small, and when they are narrated with sensitivity, they can all provide lessons in faith which enter our minds as facts of existence and are lodged in our hearts as examples of grace.' Revised 11/19/2022)

The Best Poem Of Glen Kappy

The Pull Of Poetry

I got there
just before it closed
and checked out
the book of poetry
I had on hold

and took it
to my car
and opened it—
the key unturned
in my ignition—

and read… and read…
till all was in blue shadow
and the chill insistent
on my neck
and shoulders.

Glen Kappy Comments

Kumarmani Mahakul 01 October 2018

Along with this following acrostic poem on behalf of all fellow poets, Poem Hunter Family and our Mahakul family we offer a title of honour to poet Glen Kappy born on June 30,1948 in New York, USA as, Rocking Dawn, From today on-wards he will be known as Rocking Dawn Glen Kappy. We hope all poets and visitors will accept this. We are congratulating him and wishing him all the best for getting this honourary title.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 05 April 2019

Glen is an expert in theistic studies. He knows the Bible and its wonderful teachings. As such, he is quick to grasp the deep wisdom of the scriptures. I have always been very happy when he comments on the Vedas, Upanishads or any story from the Indian philosophy and religion.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 05 April 2019

Glen, i admire your love for nature. May you be blessed with a long life with your loved ones and continue to be a source of inspiration for all your students and the poets of Poem Hunter.

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Prabir Gayen 06 May 2019

Great poet.......May God bless You...//

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happy flower 25 June 2019

very sorry about your son

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Sylvia Frances Chan 27 December 2022

My happy wishes for you and your wonderful and dear family, Merry Christmas in 2022 and a Properous new Year in 2023

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Daniel Brick 15 February 2021

Glen, I 'm so fruustrated by the new PH format. I wanted to share a lot of my feelings about HE SANG, one of my favorite portraits of Jesus as an ideal human being. This is the kind of poem which shows prayer doesn't ask for 'things'

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Bharati Nayak 25 December 2019

Respected Poet Glen Kappy, What a pleasure it is to read your poems that express Nature's beauty and God's blessings in such subtle way! I am extremely lucky to have known you and benefited through your inspiring words. May God's grace be with you Sir. My best wishes for the New Year 2020.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 07 September 2019

Dear Glen, Thank you so much. You are like an Angel visiting my poems and blessing them with your beautiful words of joyous wisdom.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 17 August 2019

Glen Kappy is a very nice poet and he writes very beautiful poems. Today his poem is selected as member poem of the day and I have read it with great pleasure. I have left a comment too. His poems are very attractive and readers love reading his works. May God bring happiness for him.

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