Poetry Friday
A prayer for when we have come to the end of our own resources We struggle, we grow weary, we growtired.We are exhausted, we are distressed, we despair.We give up, we fall down,… Continue reading
A prayer for when we have come to the end of our own resources We struggle, we grow weary, we growtired.We are exhausted, we are distressed, we despair.We give up, we fall down,… Continue reading
Eveningit beginsslowly, hushed silence reignstwilight comesthe poet’s pondering hoursky is midnight-blue wool skeinedit gives wayyields to misty dove-grey huesdusk inviteslifting the thin curtainlistening to heaven’s newsI watch and sighsky gazing, looking lazymagnetisedby all… Continue reading
Anthem Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets inYou can add up the parts, you won’t have the sumYou… Continue reading
I have a small grain of hope–one small crystal that gleamsclear colors out of transparency.I need more.I break off a fragmentto send to you.Please takethis grain of a grain of hopeso that mine… Continue reading
In Blackwater Woods Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillars of light,are giving off the richfragrance of cinnamonand fulfillment, the long tapersof cattailsare bursting and floating away overthe blue shoulders of the ponds,and… Continue reading