Song of the Builders – May 7, 2021
On a summer morningI sat downon a hillsideto think about God – a worthy pastime.Near me, I sawa single cricket;it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way.How great was its energy,how humble its effort.Let us hope it will always be like this,each of us going onin our inexplicable waysbuilding the universe. –Mary […]
Look and See – May 5, 2021
This morning, at waterside, a sparrow flewto a water rock and landed, by error, on the backof an eider duck, lightly it fluttered off, amused.The duck, too, was not provoked, but, you might say, waslaughing.This afternoon a gull sailing overour house was casually scratchingits stomach of white feathers with onepink foot as it flew.Oh Lord, […]
Spring at Blackwater – May 4, 2021
He gave the fishher coat of foil,and her soft eggs.He made the kingfishersquick eyeand her peerless, terrible beak.He made the circlesof the days and the seasonsto close tightly,and forever— then open again. –Mary Oliver
Logos – May 3, 2021
Why worry about the loaves and fishes?If you say the right words, the wine expands.If you say them with loveand the felt ferocity of that loveand the felt necessity of that love,the fish explode into many.Imagine him, speaking,and don’t worry about what is reality,or what is plain, or what is mysterious.If you were there, it […]
