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	<title>Spiritual Things Matter &#187; Poetry</title>
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	<description>"He who learns must suffer.  And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the   heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." ~Aeschylus, Agamemnon</description>
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		<title>Wounded Mortality</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/12/27/wounded-mortality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
Men walk proudly upon this earth
Some appear like gods to smaller men.
Confidence cloaks something deeper still
Not seen at all upon their faces of pretense.
In the quiet of each solitary house
A dimly burning candle guides one deep within.
There one finds a wound so deep
All men cry out, though few admit.
Wounded mortality is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Solitude</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/11/20/sacred-solitude/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/11/20/sacred-solitude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comfort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solitude]]></category>

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Photograph by: K. Alan Lewis
Sacred Solitude
Oh sacred solitude -
I return to be in your quiet presence. 
You shelter my privacy,
Within your bosom you embrace me -
I feel safe and all together at home.
Pensively I linger for a long time,
Allowing my thoughts to roam freely.
The clanking noisiness of life
Yields to the hushed silence of your entity,
Allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Mother and Father</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/04/01/my-mother-and-father/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/04/01/my-mother-and-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherless Daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orphanage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>

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This is my mother and father.  I was with them for the first 1 or 1 1/2 years of my life, until I was placed in an orphanage in Germany.  I lived in an orphanage until I was 14 years old when my father found me and brought me to the United States.  Years later, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Visit Home</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/03/26/a-visit-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/03/26/a-visit-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bavaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salzburg]]></category>

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Photograph by: R. Scott Jaynes
Home
Preserving the beauty of ancient times
Offering wisdom in the folds of its age,
This old country calls me back again
Whispering peace and assurance today.
Stretch forth your arms, oh mighty Alps,
Tell your story to the weary at heart.
Your generosity is as a healing balm
To wounded, tearful lovers of all time.
Let your brooks sing their lovely [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Birthday Blessing</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/11/15/a-birthday-blessing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/11/15/a-birthday-blessing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherless Daughter]]></category>
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May you always find happiness deep within your heart.
May you continue to spread your wings and follow your dreams.
May your joy guide you to many possibilities.
And may you have the wisdom to know your path.
Even though others might choose a different path from yours,
May you have the self-assurance to always follow your own.
May you stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House by the Side of the Road</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/23/house-by-the-side-of-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/23/house-by-the-side-of-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samual Walter Foss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy, one of my dear readers sent me this beautiful poem today.    I would like to share it with you since it is filled with so much meaning.  Thank you, Jimmy!
House by the Side of the Road
&#160;
THERE are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Speak To Us Of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kahlil Gibran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speak To Us Of Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Prophet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am a great admirer of Kahlil Gibran&#8217;s work.  The wisdom and the depth in his writing is profound, beautiful, and moving.  One of my all time favorite is out of his book, &#8220;The Prophet.&#8221;  Today, I would like to share it with my dear readers.    May it speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dream To Be</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/10/19/a-dream-to-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/10/19/a-dream-to-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of projections, chaos, and confusion,
A decision must be made.
What kind of mortal one would like to be,
While traveling on this earth.
When observing nature&#8217;s beauties
With its wondrous birds throughout the skies,
I too, can just imagine the freedom to fly -
It matters not how high.

In that simple beauty,
I find the answers to my dream.

Though [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Gain of Loss (poem)</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/09/13/a-poem-a-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/09/13/a-poem-a-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received a poem from an anonymous reader on one of my posts entitled, &#8220;The Gain of Loss.&#8221;  As I read it several times, tears came to my eyes because it was so fitting.  It deeply touched my heart and I am moved with gratitude for the thoughtfulness and kindness it displays. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>In the Stillness of the Night</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/08/31/in-the-stillness-of-the-night-poem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2007/08/31/in-the-stillness-of-the-night-poem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comfort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the stillness of the night
I bow before You  with a whisper on my lips.
In the stillness of the night
Upon my brow  I feel Your tender kiss.
In the stillness of the night
I lift my heart to You  as I feel Your warm embrace.
In the stillness of the night
I know Your tender Grace.
Teach [...]]]></description>
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