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Category Archives: Poetry
Judgment or (or better yet, and) Redemption
To destroy a shadow, Remove the object. Or Kill the light. Or Make, or rather, Be Light. Everywhere. All at once.
Posted in Poetry
Tagged christianity, judgment, light, poetry, redemption, shadow, worldview
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“A Christmas Carol” by Christina Rossetti
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth … Continue reading
Posted in Miscelaneous Musings, Poetry
Tagged Christ, Christina Rossetti, Christmas, poetry
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Question Tuesday: Poetry
Right now I’m reading Luci Shaw’s Harvesting Fog as the (probable) book for my book review assignment in my Creating Poetry class this semester. It’s wonderful. It’s a way of seeing the Divine in the commonplace. It’s refreshing. I find … Continue reading
Black Sheep
We say Bible says sheep. Blue boy sheep And Pink girl sheep. And? No and. No purple… No yellow… No green… Boxes like caskets, Bees in molasses, Hear them gasping for air. They wouldn’t be pigeons, So we shooed them … Continue reading