The Bright Field
by R. S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I Read more [...]
The Academy of American Poets defines a Found Poem as follows:
"Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street Read more [...]
GO TO THE LIMITS OF YOUR LONGING
By Rainer Maria Rilke
God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.
These are the words we dimly hear:
You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody Read more [...]
This Mary Oliver poem always reminds me of the first reading
from today's Sunday liturgy (posted below) about Abraham
and Sarah welcoming the three strangers.
MOCKINGBIRDS
This morning
two mockingbirds
in the green field
were spinning Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
A Fence
Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the
workmen are beginning the fence.
The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that
can stab the life out of any man who falls on them.
As a fence, Read more [...]
When Trees Dream of Being Trees
The tree decided to stop growing after it grew its thousandth leaf. "No more," it whispered, and started throwing flimsily attached twigs and old nests down, and shaking the birds out. "I am a terrible tree! A thousand Read more [...]