these are my favorite poems. The first, third and  fourth poems were the poems iposted on my xanga and were the ones who helped my church leader through a hard time. It gave him faith and hope and gave me the same. I truly enjoyed this book because it gave me thought and realization of what i want in my relationship with God.

The second poem was the poem that Jen used for our poetry walk. I thought it was really nice and refliected who i was in some way.

PRAYERS: 1

DON’T LET ME FALL

AS A STONEFALLSUPON THE HARD GROUND

AND DON’T LET MY HANDS BECOME DRY

AS THE TWIGS OF A TREE

WHEN THE WIND BEATS DOWN THE LAST LEAVES,

AND WHEN THE STORM RAISES DUST FROM THE EARTH

WITH ANGER AND HOWLING,DON’T LET ME BECOME THE LAST FLY

TREMBLING TERRIFIED ON A WINDOWPANE

DON’T LET ME FALL

I HAVE ASKED SO MUCH, BUT AS A BLADE OF YOUR GRASS IN A DISTANT WILD FIELD

LETS DROP A SEED IN THE LAP OF THE EARTH

AND DIES AWAY, SOW IN ME YOUR LIVING BREATH

AS YOU SOW A SEED IN THE EARTH

Kadya Molodowsky

I am fully qualified to work as a doorkeeper and for this reason:

What is inside me, I don’t let out

What is outside me, I don’t let in.

If someone comes in, he goes right out again

He has nothing to do with me at all.

I am a doorkeeper of the HEART, not a lump of wet clay.

RABI’A

God Speaks to the soul

And God said to the soul:

I desire you before the world began

I desire you now

As you desire me

And where the desires of two come together

Their love is perfected

How the soul speaks to God

Lord you are my lover,

my longing,

my flowing stream

my sun

and I am your reflection

I cannot dance, O Lord, unless you lead me.

If you wish me to leap joyfully

Let me see you dance and sing

Then I ill leap into love

And from love into knowledge,

And from knowledge into the harvest

That sweetest fruit beyond human sense

THERE I WILL STAY WITH YOU, WHIRLING.