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  • Advent: Saturday, December 17 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Joseph #Carpenter #Honor
    17 Dec 2022

    Advent: Saturday, December 17 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Joseph #Carpenter #Honor

    Advent: December 17 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 There comes a time when reputation and honor no longer matter and all that is most sacred exists in obedience.

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  • Advent: Friday, December 16 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Light #Magi #Stars
    16 Dec 2022

    Advent: Friday, December 16 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Light #Magi #Stars

    Advent: December 16 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 I wouldn’t exchange this gift – this invitation – led by living light to The Light, for all the stars in their jealous multitude.

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  • Advent: Thursday, December 15 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Birth #Death #Resurrection #Peace
    15 Dec 2022

    Advent: Thursday, December 15 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Birth #Death #Resurrection #Peace

    Advent: December 15 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 Peaceful sweeping still the calm come in labor’s wake before transition the painful pressing of life towards death, then — resurrection!

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  • Advent: Wednesday, December 14 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Shepherds #Outcasts
    14 Dec 2022

    Advent: Wednesday, December 14 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Shepherds #Outcasts

    Advent: December 14 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 You don’t really think our vulgar presence, pungent smell and uncouth ways have a place in this pageant announced by heavenly choirs?

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  • Advent: Tuesday, December 13 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Faith #ImmaculateConception
    13 Dec 2022

    Advent: Tuesday, December 13 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Faith #ImmaculateConception

    Advent: December 13 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 In the beginning you had to take it on faith; it couldn’t be seen, impossible to conceive, carrying divinity!

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  • 13 Dec 2022

    Remembering that it happened once | Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poems 1987:VI)

    This post resonated with me today as I read it over lunch. A fitting reminder for the Advent season from one of my favorite deepening grounds: Wendell Berry! Remembering that it happened once. A Sabbath poem by Wendell Berry. Remembering that it happened once | Wendell Berry (Sabbath…

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  • Advent: Monday, December 12 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #NoRoom #Worry #Fear #Wealth
    12 Dec 2022

    Advent: Monday, December 12 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #NoRoom #Worry #Fear #Wealth

    Advent: December 12 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 No room. No room. No difference between the inns and my crowded heart where worry lodges with fear and that trickster, wealth, checks in.

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  • Advent: Sunday, December 11 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Shepherds
    11 Dec 2022

    Advent: Sunday, December 11 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Shepherds

    Advent: December 11 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 Huddled round the fire, warmed by more than dying flames, we share our stories and laugh the hearty laughter of the unashamed and free.

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  • Advent: Saturday, December 10 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Joy #Waiting
    10 Dec 2022

    Advent: Saturday, December 10 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Joy #Waiting

    Advent: December 10 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 Sometimes the business of living robs the season of its sacred joy: Time’s teeming expectancy like children counting the days.

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  • Advent: Friday, December 9 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Gossip #Gospel
    9 Dec 2022

    Advent: Friday, December 9 #Advent #Tanka #Poem #Poetry #Christmas #Gossip #Gospel

    Advent: December 9 By Vincent H. Anastasi 2022 When we left our home we were no more than scandal – (a virgin with child!) – but this love-gift changes all, turning gossip to gospel.

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