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Sandra Jensen leads Diving Deeper writing retreats in Europe and North America. Her non-fiction work has been published in newspapers in Canada, the Whole Earth Magazine and Utne Reader. Her fiction has been published on Verbsap.com, The Dublin Quarterly, r.kv.r.y Quarterly. Word Riot, Versal, Common Ties, Santa Fe Writers Project, Takahe, Quicksilver and Sou'wester. Work is forthcoming in AGNI, PRISM international and Chautauqua. She has written for the theatre, and is presently writing a collection of short stories and a novella.

“Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I'll meet you there.” Rumi

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Happiness said May 1, 2007, 6:55 AM:

Posted on May 1st, 2007 by

AlexNoble

The temple feels

1000 years old,

older than memory,

older than time,

deep and dark

from some forgotten future.

It smells of sacred shadows,

sweet sandalwood,

sanctuary and eucalyptus.

It smells of the Grail.

There is always a candle

burning on the altar,

underneath a portrait

of Lord Krishna,

with his loving eyes.

At sunset, I sit alone,

listening to nuns from the convent

chant vedic hymns.

Alex Noble

An Excerpt from the Twenty Third Century Novel

From “The Book of Forbidden Poems”

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Sandra said May 3, 2007, 9:52 AM:

Beautiful. Makes me want to be there, makes me feel like I am there.

Sandra

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Tom said May 3, 2007, 10:05 PM:

That poem has a sound like a Chinese bell. It rings with age. I love a tone piece, and the tone of your poem is perfect for a sacred space. The esses run through it like whispers.

Thanks Alex!

Tom

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Mike said May 23, 2007, 6:01 AM:

I second Sandra, I feel there. I can here the nuns and feel the peace.
~Mike

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