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Remembrances
When someone dies a library is lost,
the Africans say. And every book and chapter,
each verse is as precious as the most fleeting
moment in the life of a flower. Remembrances
are like the living manuscripts preserved
in the ancient library at al-Azhar
that record the wisdom of ancestors,
the friendship of peers, the shining starred love
of a dear one, the spirits who’ve gone before -
with oral tales and rituals, bits of forgotten lore.
Thus do we tend to the light within the light -
with tribute paid to each unique and cherished flame
that bursts upon the tree of life
when we return to it with gift of memory.
- Ruth Obee
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He Mourns
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Cynthia Farrell Johnson
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