1 post tagged “easter”

Uploaded on April 13, 2006
by jahdakine



She (Not to be confused with she, a girl)

She alters all our lives for the better merely
By her presence in it.  She is a star.  She is
Radiant, & She is vibrant (integrity).  She animates
And gathers the community.  Half the world's population
Is under 25.  She permits everybody to be themselves more often
         than not.
She is elegant.  I love her.
                                     She writes poetry of an easy & graceful
Intimacy.  She is brave.  She is always slightly breathless, or
Almost always slightly.  She is witty.  She owns a proud & lovely
Dignity, & She is always willing to see it through.
She is an open circle, Her many selves at or near the center, &
She is here right now.  Technically, She is impeccable, &
If She is clumsy in places, those are clumsy places.  She knows
Exactly what she is doing & not before She is doing it.  What
She discovers She discovered before She discovers it, and so
The fresh discovery of each new day.  Her songs are joyous songs,
& they are prayers, never failing to catch the rush of hope
           (anticipation)


                     Ted Berrigan, The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan