you don't build up
good works and drag
them in a bag
up to heaven and then
unpack them
before the almighty
for his approval
god is whistling
are you dancing?
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"The goal of poetry is to move and delight at a level deeper than the everyday. A poem serves the same "purpose" as a walk in the woods, or a bird that we pause and watch. There are two parts: the bird and the stillness of the pause. May these birds meet your stillness."
-"Chris Dingman"
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"from "The Morning I Married the Sky: "
he was sitting on the couch
with a laptop when he heard
the unmetered click
of something too frail
to be man-made knocking
on wood and through the screen
door he saw of all things
a woodpecker
so he went
outside
and watched
and thought they really
do they peck
the wood that's where
the name comes from
and the breeze threw
him a surprise party
in a room the sky
had painted blue
and there were trees and their leaves
were all waving and then the bird
was gone but he
stayed in the space
it left