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! ! Those Birds
Those birds outside your window at dawnsinging all at once fit to bust –did you know they migrate from Islamin the fighting season?They’re all Sufis:..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Your Gift
She said that each one in the worldhas a special talent: what we’re better at,than anybody else… so, it’s a glorious gift,- a glorious duty - to..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Poem (Says)
This poemis friendly:see, it’s wagging its tail,it will follow you anywhere,run off and come back,a perfect companion;this poemloves fun:you want to..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Poem
This poemis friendly:see, it’s wagging its tail,it will follow you anywhere,run off and come back,a perfect companion;this poemloves fun:you want to..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Peach My Teacher
This peachthat I’ve just eaten,been graced by,been blessed by,been taught by,been transformed by…it’s as if someMessenger of the Godshad arrived..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This One For Hanque With Thanks
All around the world,poems are talking among themselveswhen the books are shut,when the computers are switched off,when old-fashioned poets put..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Life Is 'On Approval'
Is ‘approve’ another word for ‘love’?So that, when we say ‘I love you! ’ there’s the sense,‘It’s good – I’m glad – that you are in this world! –that..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Is A Shouting Poem
This is a SHOUTING poem.Not a gentle wildflower poemnot a whispering-of-love poemA SHOUTING POEM.This is a POSTER poem.Not a subtly persuading..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Door... (To The One Who Listened)
Take the deepest breath beforeyou open this immortal door:here, you will first receivewhat you think you want the most:if it’s to enhance your..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! This Charm Thing
There are guys who think they have charmand are so confidently wrong thatthe molecules in our stomach grate togetheras we watch them get away with..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! These Three
Faith; hope; and loving-kindness;these three surpass all worldly understanding:all these await in human natureas inclinations that are natural;to be..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! Their Presence In Their Absence
‘Oh, how I miss her…; and him…; and him; and her…’a pause; a sadness; a moist eye; a tear……and as you age, the list grows longeruntil you wonder why..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Young Poet
Poetry was something elsewritten by otherssomewhere elseand came fromsomewhere else but the poetrywhich he did not knowcalled one dayin a language he..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Young Poet
Poetry was something elsewritten by otherssomewhere elseand came fromsomewhere else but the poetrywhich he did not knowcalled one dayin a language he..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Wisdom Of A Strifetime
Who is grateful for a long lifewhen that life gets just too long? ....meanwhile, whileI can still cross my fingers without help..there are things..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Wasted Landing. Thoughts From An Airport In Disarray.
In the hour of our departure O LordIn our beginning is our endTo depart is to arrive yet not to arriveat the same hour and placein some other time..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Wasted Landing - Thoughts From An Airport Strike
In the hour of our departure O LordIn our beginning is our endTo depart is to arrive yet not to arriveat the same hour and placein some other time..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Teacher
I wish I’d known him better.But our respect for him was suchthat you only spoke to himwhen you needed to.In a way, that was to know him truly.You..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Tale Of Emma Chissett - For Dan Dan The Betcha Man
Emma Chissett’smissed out lunch;she’s sufferinga credit crunch;Emma Chissettchecks out whotoday is offeringthree-for-two;Emma checksthe cornbeef..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Taj Mahal Of The Still Mind
How I suspect ‘busy’ people…Who said that spiritualityhas anything to do with busyness..?They turn enthusiasm into 'duty';turn duty into guilt...How..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Song Of Forever, The Dance Of Now
Before the world began… did our Creatorcontemplate the way it should begin?the sweetest way to animate and orderall this glorious whole contains..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Secret Of The Universe
I put the teacup down,looked up from my book;and whatever calls the eyethen called to me:a cobalt blue glass jarin front of a Chinese yellow vasethat..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Searchlight
How George Herbert would have loved this wordfor all the images it lights in mind!The gloried sun of soul, no added lightneeds, in unshadowed light..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Searchlight
How George Herbert would have loved this wordfor all the images it lights in mind!The gloried sun of soul, no added lightneeds, in unshadowed light..
©  Michael Shepherd
! ! The Salesman
The salesman – blue eyeshelped him get the job I guess;what’s behind them?I’m no longer host in my own house:he’s cast me as opponent, victimwhom he..
©  Michael Shepherd