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messenger spotted my favorite question mark this morning she found a wire what question is she shaped to ask ? who chose so quaint a messenger The Red Gaze a crimson cloud
cooing soft longings across the sky
dropped to earth, shyly ruffled her beige breast
then waddled away to breakfast
what mysterious grief
cries in her wistful call ?
echo from some paradise
still mourning the fall ?
to bring on pink feet
the unanswered questions of the universe
to my street
before even the morning paper ?
enveloped his head
so that he fell silently
upon his own blood and likeness
sank silently into the mire
of suffering, searching, tormented souls
souls whose schism was caused
by a collision with spiritual realization
his life had become
a deficiency of being
storming humanity
with malevolent intent
yet-he tried to grope
through the red waters
for a world extended into Thought
he could not reach it
and thus he dropped back
and was buried in his inhumanity
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It is a book that feeds the soul’s need for reflection, participation in the communal conversation and contemplation about the mysteries of life. Above all, this book reflects a sense of hope and recognition that we pay homage to the ancients, who have left us the blueprint that affirms life on our fragile planet. Finally, our poetry is not a reflection of a specific theology, but rather an opportunity to explore and celebrate the ritual of life. It is the great Ah Ha!
About the Author
Johanna Fisher and Dorothy Smith are professional educators in the humanities/arts, having worked in faculty and administrative positions at college, high school and grammar school levels. Johanna Fisher currently teaches French to middle school students and is on the faculties of Canisius College and Buffalo State College. She dances professionally as well as sings soprano for Parkside Lutheran Church and concert choir. Johanna was born in Breitengussbach, in the former West Germany. Many of her poems reflect her life and experiences in Germany. Dorothy Smith, Ed.D, served as faculty, English Department chair and Dean of Liberal Arts at Trocaire College and is currently on the faculties of Buffalo State College and the Consortium College Program of the Niagara Frontier. She sings professionally as mezzo contralto for Parkside Lutheran Church and concert choir, and serves on the staff of Ars Nova Musicians Chamber Orchestra. Beneath her formal education and love of literature and the arts, the well springs of Dorothy’s writing are found within the wonders of creation and the dailyness of human life.