Saint Julian Press Poet

Fred LaMotte - Author and Poet

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SILENCE (A PROSE POEM)

When we refrain from speaking the word 'Love,' we can hear wings descending through the silence. When we refrain from using the word 'God,' these wings settle on our mouths, like a kiss. That is the kiss that the Silent One gives us Now.

 

الصمت

 

 

عندما نمتنع عن التفوّه بكلمة "الحب"، نسمع أجنحة تحلق من خلال الصمت. عندما نمتنع عن التفوّه بكلمة "الله"، تستقرّ تلك الأجنحة على أفواهنا، مثل قبلة. هي قبلة الواحد الساكن يمنحنا إياها الآن.

 

 

 

 

Fred LaMotte

Copyright 2012

 

Translated into Arabic by Dana Chamseddine

 

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Fred LaMotte is an interfaith college chaplain at The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA, as well as an adjunct instructor in World Religions, teaching college courses through distance learning program for deployed military personal. Fred is a Quaker. He has degrees from Yale University and Princeton Theological Seminary.