A Certain Day – June 18, 2021
A certain day became a presence to me;there it was, confronting me — a sky, air, light:a being. And before it started to descendfrom the height of noon, it leaned over and struck my shoulder as if withthe flat of a sword, granting mehonor and a task. The day’s blowrang out metallic — or it […]
The Seedling’s Need – June 17, 2021
How shall the mighty river reach the tiny seed?See it rise silently to the sun’s yearning,sail from a winter’s cloudflake after silent flakepiling up layer upon layeruntil the thaw of springto meet the seedling’s need. Make tender, Lord, my heart:released through gentlenessThine own tremendous powerhid in the snowflake’s art. –Antoinette Adam, in Earth Prayers From […]
Bakerwoman God – June 16, 2021
“Bakerwoman God, I am your living bread, strong, brown Bakerwoman God. I am your low, soft, and being-shaped loaf. I am your rising bread, well kneaded by some divine and knotty pair of knuckles, by your warm earth hands. I am bread well-kneaded. Put me in fire, Bakerwoman God, put me in your own bright […]
The Sacred Tree – June 15, 2021
Earth Prayer Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice. At the center of the secret hoop You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.With tears running, O Great Spirit, myGrandfather, With running eyes I must say The tree has never bloomedHere I stand, and the tree is withered. Again I recall the […]