Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

Gifts

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

I have nothing of my own to give you I can only nurture your gifts, then re-give; like Mary: you gave her a seed and she gave you a child I own nothing but the gestation © Meisaan Chan

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The visitation

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

You’re visiting me like Mary, heavy with joy jumping into arms © Meisaan Chan

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Perhaps heaven is not like this

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Perhaps heaven is not like this an endless city in the sky perhaps it’s not a place, or even a thought perhaps it’s a beyond-thought, a beyond-existence © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Bedbug meditations

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

1. Trudging to the laundromat, de-bedbugging The full moon hung like a wafer in the sky, full and unbelievably bright, her shyness having fallen away, and I, trudging with my contaminated clothes, bathed in the cleanness of her light, in … Continue reading →

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The Persistent One

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I come and you’re not there; maybe you’re out to lunch or didn’t hear the page – no shame. It happens. I’ll be back. © Meisaan Chan

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The Carver

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Carve out a little space, O God and then, when nestled, carve the walls yet further still until the shavings curl away in thick cloud-piles, until the walls are thin, then holed, then open, until you carve the nothingness: … Continue reading →