Backward Mutters

Category: poetry

  • The Transfiguration

    The Transfiguration

    This sonnet is based upon Luke 9:28-36 and Mark 9:2-8 which tells of Jesus’ Transfiguration. On the Mountain’s predawn height, time’s ticked line Is stretched round upon itself from the thin Experience of events to entwine The moment all is new, when we begin. The Face of Love shines in burning likeness;…

  • Two Blind Men

    Two Blind Men

    This sonnet is based on Mark 8:22-9:1. Interestingly in the passage there are actually two blind men from Bethsaida for Bethsaida is Peter’s hometown too. The blind man finds his healing in two stages, and Peter too must find his own healing in stages. Both see something, but they do…

  • Come Buy

    Come Buy

    This sonnet draws from the episode of the Feeding of the 5,000 from Mark 6:30-44. In service and ministry, Jesus repeatedly asks of his disciples things which they cannot provide or accomplish in themselves. Over and over again, it is not as if they are a cut above the masses…

  • Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday is today and marks the beginning of the Lenten season which is a season of preparation for the remembrance of passion week and the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. A traditional text often quoted as ashes are imposed on the foreheads of those coming forward at Ash…

  • The World

    The World

    I’ve spent a couple of days walking around my small town. I’ve had opportunity to explore a bit and move at a pace which has allowed me to notice more. What has struck me is the amount of roadside trash that accumulates especially over the winter and the lack of…