Tag Archives: poetry

Halloween Dream

Posted on November 2, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

It has been foretold that you will enter an uncertainty, vast and deep – a dark wood, unattempted yet in prose or rhyme – armed only with an orange, plastic, pumpkin bucket. Your parent or guardian is in the distance … Continue reading →

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Poem by John Aikin, M.D.

Posted on October 17, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing today comes from the pen of John Aikin, M.D. (1747 – 1822) the subject of this year’s Warrington Academy Service at Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel. This is from his “Epistle to the Rev. W Enfield, Ll. D.” … Continue reading →

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Love and the Chicago Cubs

Posted on September 19, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Love and the Chicago Cubs are essentially the same thing: a lot of people root for them but they will never win. Dress them up in royal blue, for corporate picnics in July; fine playthings in the summer months, that … Continue reading →

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Welcome to this Humble Day

Posted on September 5, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

God, I welcome you into my humble day. Please make yourself at home. Sorry about the clutter – I forgot you were coming, and then a thousand projects of inclination left their mark. The problem with possession is that things … Continue reading →

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Blessed be the work

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing: this week I’ll be going on vacation, which means it’s time for summer reruns. Here’s one I wrote in 2014, about work. Happy Monday, everyone! Blessed be the work of your hands. Whether you hold a welding … Continue reading →

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To the one insisting “All Lives Matter”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

You have made a protest, albeit a small one. I am listening. I am listening. I am waiting to hear what is required of us. If all lives matter, then surely we need to be outside the immigrant detention center, … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Once Again I Recommit to my Surrender

Posted on June 20, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing: Once Again I Recommit to my Surrender Once again I recommit to my surrender to love. They point their little guns at us, there isn’t much time. Raise the mast heavenward, unfurl the rainbow flag. I stand … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: from “The Epic of Muhammad Ali”, introduction

Posted on June 6, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Speak, Muse, of the one who was the Greatest, tell of how he stole glory from the gods, punched the lights out of heaven and made us all see stars. In this corner, show the odds against the black man … Continue reading →

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The People Who Have Been Good to Me

Posted on May 30, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

I would be more cynical, I suppose, except it feels unfair to the people who have been good to me. My life, as I look back, has been littered with kindnesses. Once, a woman made me tea. Asked me if … Continue reading →

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Plain Speech

Posted on May 23, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

God loves especially the poor, for he is eager to give them everything. God loves especially the hungry, for she is eager to feed them. God loves especially those who cry, for ze is eager to wipe away their tears. … Continue reading →

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