Poem of the Day » Daniel Ladinsky http://www.shortpoems.org/poem Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 LAUGHTER CAME FROM EVERY BRICK http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/2008/04/23/laughter-came-from-every-brick/ http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/2008/04/23/laughter-came-from-every-brick/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:29:11 +0000 Tejvan Pettinger http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/2008/04/23/laughter-came-from-every-brick/ Just these two words He spoke
changed my life,

 

“Enjoy Me.”

 

What a burden I thought I was to carry -
a crucifix, as did He.

 

Love once said to me, “I know a song,
would you like to hear it?”

 

And laughter came from every brick in the street
and from every pore
in the sky.

 

After a night of prayer, He
changed my life when
He sang,

 

“Enjoy Me.”

 

From “Love Poems From God” by Daniel Ladinsky.
Based on original poem by St Teresa of Avila

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I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

 

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

 

We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither
like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon
us.

 

From “Love Poems From God” by Daniel Ladinsky.

- Original poem by Meister Eckhart

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