DEBORAH DeNICOLA
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POETRY
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The Secret Discipline
We must live by the love of what we will never see.
That is the Secret Discipline. —Rubin Alves
Let’s decipher messages this mist scribbles
into the long mane of the clouds, through
the aftermath of melted ice caps. Imagine
we could read circles of runes to see what
our children will inherit. Breadlines for the future,
broken covenants, air laced with pathogens, white
phosphorus, crops pocked with plague.
Can’t we stop the gaslight now?
We’ve run out of cardboard for the roofs
of shelters? How do we read burned books?
How to survive on a diet of grasshoppers and smoke?
Look who issued forth from the aperture
of your body. Isn’t she a beloved creature?
Land is sacred and eternal. Animals
are wild, but wise—Let’s live the secret discipline,
intuit ions from the sundew, honor earth’s
apricots, kumquats and limes.
Let’s sow seeds in the infinite mind
Look to the eyes of children,
bless the brevity of a lifespan.
There’s death—and there’s breath—
pass it on.
The Secret Discipline
Deborah DeNicola’s 7th book is The Impossible from Kelsay Press, 2021. Original Human was published by Word Tech Communications in 2010. She edited Orpheus & Company; Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology 1999, from UPNE press. Previous books include Where Divinity Begins, 1994 from Alice James Books, and four chapbooks. Her memoir, The Future that Brought Her Here was published by Ibis Press, 2009. Among other awards, Deborah received an NEA fellowship. Her web site is: www.intuitivegateways.com.
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So beautifully said. I hope this message reaches many, raises consciousness. All prefaced by love…..
Great poet- great teacher and tutor – and a ver nice person.
Thank you so much for your response!
Thank you for your kind reply.
You are such an artist with words. Love this. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderfully said. Such deep meaning. We must teach the young.
Thank you, you’re very kind!
Sends chills down my arms.
So beautifully said.
Awaken earth heed these words.
Thank you, you’re very kind!