Keeping nimble

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Stretch, stretch –
I will give you countless occasions
to stretch your compassion

© Meisaan Chan

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In the crisis

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

In the crisis, breathe
for all solutions begin with breath

In the storm, grasp
for that is the purpose of preparation

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The next step

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Look to me for confirmation
and open your soul and the senses within;
be ready for the million ways I speak

8/9/2020

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Because you first need free hands

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

To take up my peace,
put down your plans

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God and the institution

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

She closes countless doors
but I open stained-glass windows

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To the artist

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Before you paint the likeness of God, pray, yes, pray;
that God may show you the pattern of the fingerprint

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Not content for the sides

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Reorient me so I aim for the heart of the funnel:
I could go along the sides and still swirl my long way there,
or I could plunge in and down, direct

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The translators

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Blessed are they who translate love
and speak so others may hear

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Wind storm

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Maple tree, full crown of dry leaves
tossed wildly throughout the night
and even when sun comes, the wild tossing doesn’t stop
– so weary, so weary!

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Deep lesson of the trees

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Just in case we forget, they remind us every autumn:
The path of surrender is the path of beauty
that is when you glow through

We remember this truth and then we forget
and so, graciously, in twelve months they remind us again

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