Saint Julian Press Poet

Fred LaMotte - Author and Poet

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The Heart Is A Field

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The Heart Is A Field

 

The heart is a field of light

encircling every forest

in an emerald droplet.

If you need abundance

praise something very small,

a child, a wayfaring cat.

Better give thanks

for the humblest miracle

than be anxious for global

disaster...

This is the secret

about our energy:

gratitude expands the heart,

worry contracts it.

Our world will be gone

in a moment,

but we still have time

to breathe.

Why not bring home

billions of suns with your

next inhalation?

An undulating sorrow

in the hollow from throat

to belly might become

the boundless sphere

of golden joy.

One wild crocus in

the meadow of desolation

might be the center

of a New Earth.

This isn't just pretend,

it's the way Christ sees

the lilies.

So'ham... One breath

redeems everything.

 

 

Fred LaMotte

Copyright 2014

 

 

 

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View from Assisi

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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.