Holy Joy - Poetry by Ira Joe Fisher

Holy Joy

My books breathe and glow about my rooms.

They have lifted me in a little valley

to a whiling away in Asia

and around the south and west and north

and on to now in treed New England.

My books bear the wild wonder of word –

a daily gift I take in chalice-like:

reverent, awed, inked, moving, and holy;

passages underlined and margin-lined

mystery-wisdom thrilling my thoughts.

If I may – a wish rises from my me

that a daughter or a son might look

upon these sacred paper pages

and find a holy joy to bless the mind

and honour the soul and offer love from me.

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Ira Joe Fisher

Email: irajoefisher@gmail.com

Phone: 203-912-1457

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Holy Joy - Poetry by Ira Joe Fisher