Devotional Poetry

19 Meditations and Inspiration

1
Creation's Praise:
To Dufay

Veni Creator Spiritius

Man call to God,
Angelic voices answer
Inspiring creation's praise.

2
Echoes of Creation

The distant echoes of creation reverberate
across the sea of space,
their whispers penetrate
island orbiting in the sky.

3
Expanding Universe

The universe expands
With the breath of God exhaled
Through a black hole

4
Inspired by God:
To Hildegard of Bingen

Inspired by God
To write His praise in monophonic serenity
That echoes down through history
As the instrument echoes the words.

5
Joyous Laughter

When God created the universe,
the Earth, and all that is,
there was joyous laughter throughout
the celestial sphere.

6
Invisible World

We live in an invisible world,
surrounded by concepts
too small,
too large,
too near,
or too distant
for us to comprehend.

7
The Nightingale's Echo:
To Roger White

Echoing
The Nightingale's song
The lover ascends into paradise

8
Dominion

Created for the purpose
Of reflecting God
Subatomic particles

Mate to for atoms
Atoms mate to form molecules
Molecules mate

To form organic
And inorganic matter
Climbing creation's ladder

9
God Deals

God
deals justly
will all humanity,
and has sent His covenant
to all His Divine Manifestations.

10
Finding God's Love

In any way that they love Me
in that same way they find My love ...
Bhagavad Gita 4:11

Lord!
I love You through poetry
Through the flow of metered lines,
Through the dace of metaphor and simile,
And in the verse of your sacred scriptures
I have found Your love.

11
The Universe

Cosmic mirror
reflecting the Creator's glory
to the world of matter.

12
I Found

Faith is the lost camel of the Believer.
Saying of Islam

Across the desert of self,
I pursed the lost camel of my faith,
And found the Glory of God.

13
Gardening:
To Haze Mori

Pickles and plums
Grow in manicured rows
For readers perpetual harvest

14
Global Experience

The Great Spirit speaks
and humanity responds
to the voice of love.

The Great Spirit speaks
encircling the glove with love;
with His Covenant.

The Great Spirit speaks
through His Manifestation
to each generation.

15
God's Covenant

God has established
His Covenant
With all of His Manifestations

16
By the Lake of Memory

I stand by the lake of memory,
Gazing across its cold waters,
Calling out to the guardian of life,
I intone prayers of glorification.

I set by the lake of memory,
Feet dangling in its cold waters,
Hands folded in prayer,
Calling out to the essence of reality,
I recite verses from sacred scriptures.

17
God Made Known

We worship an unknown God
Made know by His Manifestations

18
Moderation

Moderation is best!
         Of this much I am sure.
Although you may protest,
Moderation is best!
Too much can congest,
         While too little is no cure,
Moderation is best!
         Of this much I am sure!

19
Coming to Terms with Miracles

Germination occurs
when the seed dies to self.

Resurrection occurs
when the seed sprouts for the Beloved.

Poet's Note: ▼

These poems were written over several years, and were inspired by different events.