Bernard Kennedy Poems

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61.
Soul's Voice

When he was presented with Goethe prize
he said that the unconscious
predated his work,
in poetry.
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62.
Forest Moon

We write in shadows lit by the moon,
Through the trees ancestors whisper,
in dreams, to free spirits.
outline of hills, spring trees,
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63.
A Christmas Beechwood

Over to the right,
through the wood oak doors,
the crib is set,
star, shepherds and wise
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64.
New Year

The timing is made by us, mere mortals,
we like to label things-
hours, days, years,
with Chronos.
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65.
The Holy Name

(written on the Feast of The Holy Name)

God asked man to name each,
one by one-
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66.
A Dawn Chorus

It starts now, at half past five,
a note, repeated, by chance its heard
out of silence of the mornings hollow
place of night drawn back,
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67.
The Grim Reaper

Is that the grim reaper that I see,
below, in the far field,
resting with scythe and whetstone,
resting with indecision.
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68.
Stillness & Thomas Merton

Mertonian can mean silence
and hermitage, and hermit like
trust, in,
waiting, knowing we are carried
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69.
The Manse Gate

At a wave of his hand, with his eye on the traffic,
Underneath his yellow helmet head,
the bulldozer, lifting its beak
Came down upon the old Manse gate,
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70.
They Prepared Her Funeral

They sat at table,
as before.
All adult now.
Engaged with laptops,
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