Twitter Poems:140 spaces, exactly.

(These are "Twitter Poems," in the Twitter format exactly 140 character spaces long. The idea is to write poems where the counter goes exactly to zero. It has been a delight to work at. Just the right length for a more or less contemplative poetic jotting. )
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Fondly, softly,

day comes

to the marsh.

Birds can't wait

& chatter

incessantly

in anticipation,

but dawn comes

& all are

for a moment

still.

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The Moon follows me:

Present, here,

absent, still here.

Moon whispers,

"you are not alone."

I whisper, "yes,

I know."

Moon smiles.

Me too.

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Jacques Ellul,

such a tool,

seeing Jesus beyond

Marx & Adam Smith

& even progressive Christianity,

remembering Him dead & poor

& then alive.

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Mon chere eats rum

Raisin ice cream

With such care.

I want

Her lips

To treat my old

Self with the same:

Reverence & greed

In equal measure.

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singing is the best of preaching

& knows no ordination

save exalting grace;

or the blue pain that

lays hands suddenly

and cries for relief.

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Just now I learned

How not to print

A woodblock,

How not to be scared of trying,

And not to blame.

Shit happens,

Everywhere.

It just does.