Backward Mutters

  • Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

    Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

    In honor of Saint Patrick I am posting some resources on the Irish saint. Firstly, have you ever read Saint Patrick’s Confession? In it he tells his story. You may also read Saint Patrick’s Prayer or Lorica (Breastplate) which is a prayer attributed to him which he would pray when…

  • A Kiss

    A Kiss

    This sonnet is the Third Station in the Lent series, The Stations of the Cross, and is entitled, A Kiss. Artist, Keaton Sapp’s drawing of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot is striking. The contrast between dark and light together with the intimacy of a kiss and the gesture’s…

  • A Prayer for Bedtime

    A Prayer for Bedtime

    This sonnet is based on Psalm 131 and is entitled, “Dear Heart.” Dear heart, do not lift thine eyes to the hills Where control and pleasure are wound as one, But feed on grace, the daily bread which fills, Lest thou be left empty, thy life undone. Dear soul, be…

  • Watch with Me

    Watch with Me

    This ekphrastic poem is based on the Second Station of the Cross piece drawn by Keaton Sapp entitled, “Watch with Me.” It is part of a larger collection which is being installed at Grace Kernersville through Lent. The entire exhibit will be the pieces which will form Stations of the…

  • Thou Saw First

    Thou Saw First

    This poem is the first in a series of poems for Lent entitled, The Stations of the Cross and is a part of a larger project entitled the same. The collection as a whole will form a composition in which people may use to walk the Stations of the Cross…