Category: poetry
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An Antiphon for Election Day
Though it is too early to be talking about Advent, the hopes and desires acknowledged in Advent remain present. In particular, I’ve been thinking about the Advent antiphon, “O King of Nations”, and I’ve been thinking about the antiphon even more so in light of this election season. I sense that we…
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Indian Summer
A sonnet for the one with whom I’ve run the years. https://audioboom.com/posts/5250212-indian-summer The sun’s heat on my arms lands just when fall’s Breeze blows it away, like summer’s spent leaves; What is left of the spring, mockingbird calls, Holds on to summer though the end it perceives. We sit in…
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Words
Just a quick sonnet on the power of words to lift and illuminate the heart and my own personal need for inspiration. These words, winding articulation, Breathe thoughts, spell into meaning, Undo by backward mutters of incantation, A serif’s stroke, familiar’s dingy film erasing. Through this singing one is lifted…
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Wisdom’s Call
This sonnet is based upon Proverbs 5:7-23 in which Wisdom’s first attribute is loving faithfulness (Proverbs 3:5,6). The loving faithfulness of Wisdom is likened to a young man’s love for his wife. By contrast the young man is warned away from Folly, the adulteress. In the sonnet I make use of Song of…
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The Good Shepherd
I think about leadership a good bit from day to day. I probably think about it a bit more in recent days. It helps me to be reminded of the kind of leaders we need and be encouraged by the kind we have. This is a little poetic meditation on…
Backward Mutters 