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Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

0 posted 2001-04-21 02:04 PM

The Red Queen announced: “it is routine
to believe six impossible things before breakfast.”

In the world of ultra-small, it is possible to be
in two places at once, provided you don’t look too closely.

Getting a single particle to pass through a needle’s eye
and behave like a wave by passing through both slits
at once, is what physicists call ‘quantum superpostion’
of two alternative states.

Our needles are working in unison, our hands
embellishing sacred spaces with our own creation.
The ritual of hiddur mitzvah, uncovering and exposing
these hidden parts of ourselves.

Our collective kavanah, making the ordinary holy.
Art provides an opening, inviting one to come in
and claim a sense of self and of spirituality
often lost or mysteriously hidden.

Through a needle’s eye passes strands of silk
from our hands may we all find the courage
to celebrate our collective beauty
and make our culture come alive.

For it is easier to pass for a camel
while passing through a needle’s eye
than to be poor in spirit - or so am I told.

'To be enfolded by a tallit is regarded
as being enveloped by Holiness'

"I am not now that which I have been."

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2001-04-21 03:10 PM

Oh Mabel, you actually made my all warm inside with this one. Your poetry is always so good, but I do believe you have outdone yourself with this one. I am sure proud to call you a friend and and "poet"! Awesome!

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http://www.mysterias-mind-journey.cityslide.com

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

2 posted 2001-04-21 04:52 PM

Thank you, dear friend. I had fun writing this and do love the Red Queen so. ~Shalom

"I am not now that which I have been."

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-04-21 06:53 PM

This was lovely. So nice to exchange cultures through our poetry. I expected to find a story about the space needle, when I saw your title. Thank you for this. Joyce

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

4 posted 2001-04-21 09:15 PM

Thank you Joyce: I was going for a spinon the verse: it is easier for a camel to pass through a needles eye rather than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Anyway, glad you enjoyed. ~shalom

"I am not now that which I have been."

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

5 posted 2001-04-22 09:12 PM

Wonderfully written!

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I know not what the future holds,
but I know Who holds the future.

I don't question YOUR existance - GOD

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

6 posted 2001-04-25 09:57 AM

Oh, the wonderful artistic creations formed from the eye of a needle! I'm delighted with your piece and the melding of cultures on this site. Thank you.
Rae

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

7 posted 2001-04-25 04:42 PM

Thank you WhtDove and sandgrain for you kind comments. ~shalom, Julian

"I am not now that which I have been."

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