Cloistered Dominican Nuns
in Hollywood

A Chapel of
Perpetual Adoration

Monastery of the Angels

Faint angel whispers in the breeze
in roses,
in pumpkin bread,
chocolates.
The best kept secret in Hollywood
tucked in folded hands,
behind eyelids,
and closed corridors.

Incense.
Birds singing,
spiders knitting,
laughter,
spilt tears on sprouting grass.

Chants
Rising sun
Hands upward
Thanking God.
Monastery of the Angels,
Nuns in shadows,
Mouths of fire
Lights the sky.

Prayers of invisible flames
Illuminating, Liberating, Healing -
Christ child upon my lap.

In black on white,
clicking beads,
Hope sweats
with clutching fingertips.
Wisps of dreams,
Years washed away,
Incense rising.

What was,
What could've been,
What is
Is in faint angel whispers.

Armando P. Ibanez, O.P.
"Wrestling with the Angel:
A Collection of Poetry, Revised Edition"
(Los Angeles: Pluma Productions; 2001), p.35.

The Monastery of the Angels
1977 Carmen Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90068-4098

(323) 466-2186    Fax 466-6645

monastery1977@att.net

monastery_angels@att.net

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