Poems from Rosa Mystica

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="077085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Garamond" ><B>MaryAnka Press Rosary Poetry Publisher </B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MaryAnka Press Rosary Poetry Publisher "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MaryAnka Press"><U>MaryAnka Press</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handmade WireWrapped Rosaries"><U>Handmade Wire-Wrapped Rosaries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Angel Earrings"><U>Angel Earrings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U>Contact us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Mary Agnes Dalrymple"><U>About Mary Agnes Dalrymple</U></A>   |   <B>Poems from Rosa Mystica</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems from Water Tender"><U>Poems from Water Tender</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Editors Notes"><U>Editor's Notes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosary Links"><U>Rosary Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="078d2e83.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Poems from Rosa Mystica</B></div> <bR> <div> The following poem, "The Visitation," by poet <B>Mary Agnes Dalrymple</B>, is based on the Second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary: The Visitation.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The Visitation</B></div> <bR> <div>           The Blessed Virgin Mary visits</div> <div>           her cousin Elizabeth.  Luke 1:39-50</div> <bR> <div> For now they are happy,</div> <div> two pregnant women</div> <div> visiting over cups of warm</div> <div> goat's milk.</div> <bR> <div> Elizabeth says, "Mary,</div> <div> when you are near, my baby</div> <div> stirs within me, miracle</div> <div> enough for I am old.</div> <bR> <div> But, I think my child knows you --</div> <div> he knows you cross the threshold</div> <div> bearing our Lord."  Mary says,</div> <div> "I drink from this cup</div> <bR> <div> for the milk it holds.  And</div> <div> the milk becomes part of me.</div> <div> But I am only the cup.</div> <div> If I am called Blessed</div> <bR> <div> it will be for Jesus, the son</div> <div> who lives within me.  I drank</div> <div> from the cup of God.  And now</div> <div> I hold him like a mother."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> copyright 2004, Mary Agnes Dalrymple</div> <div> all rights reserved</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The following poem, "The Bread of Life," by poet <B>Mary Agnes Dalrymple</B> is based on the Fifth Luminous Mystery of the Rosary: The Last Supper.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The Bread of Life</B></div> <bR> <div> Some eat, never tasting</div> <div> a bite.  Others alter their bread</div> <bR> <div> with salty butter, sweet jam.</div> <div> But some taste and remember</div> <bR> <div> the wheat and the salt,</div> <div> the water and the yeast,</div> <bR> <div> the baker's sweat.  The heat and</div> <div> transformation.  The labor of</div> <bR> <div> love.  They carry it inside</div> <div> wherever they go.  Everything</div> <bR> <div> they touch will be touched</div> <div> by the change they have taken inside.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> copyright 2004, by Mary Agnes Dalrymple</div> <div> all rights reserved</div> <bR> <bR> <div> the following poem, "Touch Me Not," by poet <B>Mary Agnes Dalrymple</B> is based on the First Glorious Mystery of the Rosary: The Resurrection.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Touch Me Not</B></div> <div> (Jesus of Nazareth.  John 20:11-7)</div> <bR> <div> Magdalene, do you recall</div> <div> the gardenia</div> <bR> <div> in my mother's garden--</div> <div> how we held</div> <bR> <div> the white bloom, wishing</div> <div> to preserve the pure petals?</div> <bR> <div> Remember that</div> <div> bloom now, and hold me</div> <bR> <div> in your heart --</div> <div> for I must ascend to God,</div> <bR> <div> and we cannot touch.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> copyright 2004, by Mary Agnes Dalrymple</div> <div> all rights reserved</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> For more information on <B>Rosa Mystica: Poems from the Rosary and Other Poems</B>, please go to <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosa Mystica: Poems from the Rosary"><U>Rosa Mystica: Poems from the Rosary</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>