Freedom is a gift Not locked in a fist Just there in an open hand Extending compassion Love sweeping the land Tolerance is the key It unlocks the clenched fist Allowing the hand to shift In a gesture of Peace The Ultimate Freedom The Ultimate Gift copyright 2008 'Diary of A Pen Warrior' - All rights reserved

When the flower lures the bee To its nectar supreme Scenting her lover In a warm summer's breeze A sacrifice is made When the sun and the moon In splendid embrace Birth the stars in heaven Then both disappear A sacrifice is made When the flutist whispers His sweet song of praise Dancing the dancer Birthing his space A sacrifice is made When man praises God The force that lives h[...]

Earth made flesh in the mind of manAs Bright Light flickers, Then crashes in pounding waves Upon the dusty shores of lake Narcissus, That vaporous mirror on which the drama of life Is observed and eventually understood As the play of Bright Light itself.Light-stringed puppets reflected Against a dark canvas, Domain of she, the goddess of night supreme, Cloaked in the guise of Love,Bright Light&rsq[...]

Franz Wright is the author of fifteen volumes of poetry including Ill Lit: New and SelectedPoems (1998), The Beforelife (2001), Walking to Martha's Vineyard (2003), and God's Silence(2006). He is also the translator of work by René Char, Erica Pedretti, and Rainer Maria Rilke.In 2004 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Walking to Martha's Vineyard. He is the recipientof tw[...]

  Sweet children    Of Africa, beautiful Africa    Breathed down from above    Living light    Danced down with Love    Dance down the Light…        Listen, hear…    As the soulful bones    Of your ancestors     Drum on the livi[...]