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Sunday with Julian

by Murray Bodo 11-01-2008
A poem

She consoles me as I meditate
before Mass—Julian of Norwich,
that is, who says, “We are clothed,
wrapped in the goodness of God.”

And she consoles me after Mass
when I drive home to the friary and
pass two prostitutes who are sitting
on folding chairs next to the curb
helping each other with makeup.

Luke 6:27-28

by Murray Bodo 06-01-2007
As if it matters
    noticing the migrant workers—
    two to a wheelbarrow of concrete—
    mending the walls of the rich
    that exclude them
As if religion

tsunami

by Murray Bodo 01-01-2006

beneath debris and stench
a hand

your hand withered
stretched forth

waiting for someone’s
be healed

Last Visit

by Murray Bodo 07-01-1999

---in memory of Denise Levertov, 1923-1997