Francisco R. Albano Poems

I went around
Looking for carnations.
I couldn’t find any.
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In the beginning
Before beginnings
God said
Let there be light
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(After Mategna’s “Night”)


Claim this night,
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His mountains design flight of earth
Rise of self to the top
Where word and silence stop
The inner eye seeing
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On her natal day, September 25,2011

May you always be
God's masterpiece of art
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A footnote to Levinas (12January06—25December95)

Unto his image
Unto the image and likeness
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In memory of Sr. Asuncion C. Martinez, ICM,84
+ July 21,1994
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All the streets lead to the sacred temple
Built by the town’s flesh and bones,
Its spirit, the blood of life freely given.
The secret is tabernacled here
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It is the idiom of parable
Spells the difference between stranger
And citizen, a language of time here,
Mere curiosity for those passing through.
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Our truth,
Our way,
Our life,
Be always the Risen Lord.
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