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Illustrated Poetry from "Poems and Meditations"

As Caliban said to Merlin, "If you want the gods to go with you, you must put yourself in their way."

"Vision"

Grant us the vision
To see the beauty
In the complexity of all Nature,
And to find inspiration
In things beyond
Our immediate understanding,
To see and feel
The underlying pattern of order
Beneath the seeming chaos
Of superficial appearances.

--Shawn E. Donahoo (7/11/93)
(Northport, Alabama)

Nature's Perfect Tongue

And Spring shall speak to them
In words they can neither hear nor comprehend--
For they are words which must be seen with the heart
And felt in the secret-most places of our inner being--
They can neither be spoken nor tranferred in any other way
Than Nature's perfect tongue--

--Shawn E. Donahoo (4/19/95)
(Decatur, Alabama)

October Winds

Shadows walk slowly
Through the night,
Very slowly
And never far,
Parading silently
Under the cold, watchful eyes
Of stars long dead,
While October winds
Urgently warn of
Impending Winter.

Ah, Mortality!
My soul overflows with you tonight,
Bringing the pain and elation
Of knowing that I am,
But that I am only for a moment . . .
Of recalling the joy
That makes a life so meaningful
And so short.

If I could but spend it all with you
It would not be enough.

Ah, Mortality!
The Sower and The Reaper of my strength,
Who kindles the flame of my spirit
And tramps it out!

As I walk with the shadows tonight
Through a thoughtfully whispering forest,
Drinking from my Cup of Mortality . . .
As the stars look on dispassionately,
Watching Winter rise in and around me,
I long to be with you,
And across the sky falls a star.

--Shawn E. Donahoo (9/19/87)
(Boston, Massachusetts)

On Whispered Wings (Of Realms Arcane)

In Waters deep
Her memories lie--
Fiery Songs
Of Earth and Sky.

From the Ancient of Days
Her Visions came
On whispered wings
Of realms arcane.

Through cracks between
The Night and Day
She dimly perceived
The Secret Way

Four Mystical Seasons
Round out The Play--
In every moment,
Each, forever contained.

--Shawn E. Donahoo (2/10/94)
(Lillian, Alabama)

The Crystal Moon

The Crystal Moon
In Midnights Sheath
Shines icily
Upon the leaves
Of silver-green
And on the waves
Of restless Seas
Who call to me
With voices
Veiled in mystery
Where the Sands of Time are born.

--Shawn E. Donahoo (6/13/95)
(Decatur, Alabama)

Soul-Mates

And we danced
Through the dreams
Of a thousand years,
And we played
In the Rivers of Time.

And we saw
When we gazed
Into each others eyes
An Angel in Earth's disguise.

--Shawn E. Donahoo (9/16/94)
(Decatur, Alabama)

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