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Category Archives: Poetry
Miners
Remember when those miners were stuck underground and the entire world watched and held its breath as the entire world extracted them one by one by one from the depths to the cheering crowds? Remember how that earth dark … Continue reading
The sky is on fire
The sky is on fire as is the water as is my heart all burning with the same embers © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Betsy Devany, www.betsydevany.wordpress.com)
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is never afraid of the darkness; indeed, that is part of its calling © Meisaan Chan
Mosaic
A mosaic cannot be what it is without brokenness © Meisaan Chan
To think that I can be me, just as I am
To think that I can be me, just as I am chips and cracks and glories and all is an incredible thought; it’s like that singular moment where, after wearing shackles you freeze in nakedness, disbelieving your freedom and … Continue reading
Little bird
Little bird gazing at emerging stars do you wonder at the heavens, too? Do even you, with feathered fingers long to touch the light? © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Betsy Devany, www.betsydevany.wordpress.com)
Be for me a homeless shelter
Be for me a homeless shelter in this forgotten city Be for me a tiny nest in this crowded tree of life what do I need but that you turn your face and flick your thoughts just once O … Continue reading
I don’t know why the butterflies came.
I don’t know why the butterflies came. I was walking on this country road one summer day and suddenly ten thousand pieces of confetti descended and danced around, each one a little blessing until the sky beat with diaphanous wings … Continue reading
When I am wronged
When I am wronged help me guard against a brittle heart the greatest enemy of compassion When I am wronged help me seek out justice not with vengeance, but with love When I am wronged deepen my … Continue reading
Curving toward the center 