What With Merely Being

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arum lily between rosesWhat with red rosesAnd liliesAs they areAnd as theyWill be—Those damnFlowersMerely being;And what withPoets left with whatTo do about that,All that languageFlying byUnthought,Unthinking.Or not.What with poetsGrabbing a hand-Full and thinkingAbout it. And thenThere’s the flowers.Photo credit: Katrien Cattoor-----About the Author:Rev. Dr. David Breeden has an MFA from The Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a PhD from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi, with additional study in writing and Buddhism at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He also has a Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School.Rev. David is a Unitarian Universalist minister in Minnesota. He is an editor, author, and translator, having published many novels and collections of poetry.

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