Defining Leaves Poem by Troy Cochran

This poem and the next, 'Extraordinarily Commonplace' (from 2008)are dedicated to the Rev. Sydney Morris, minister at the local Unitarian Universalist church that I sometimes attend.She once made a statement that I found to be very inspiring and intriguing, and now impossible to get out of my head:'My theology is based on poetry and music.'What a concept!

I tend to think of my poetry as a kind of ministry, with the subject of divinity at its very core, though (as this poem probably implies)I don't really fit well with institutional religion, or institutions of any kind.It may seem strange to dedicate such a poem to a minister ('make an end of all religion'!) , but I only mean that religion or spirituality is a deeply intrinsic quality in every soul, whatever we make of it collectively.At any rate, there it is.

For anyone interested, she has an intriguing TEDx talk on YouTube entitled 'Happiness and the Wave Particle Duality.'Check it out.(The rules don't allow me to post it for you.):)