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Poetry

Wanting more than hope
I turn to poetry for revelation,
instruction for my spirit,
courage for my re-awakening soul,

call it what you will --
truth or rapture
or love's embrace,

call it what it is --
the consistently
unexpected surprise
of Beauty's human face.

...Michael S. Glaser

First published on cover of
Friends Journal -- August, 1966