Jane Kenyon’s “Let Evening Come” takes the terror out of darkness by reminding that “God does not leave us comfortless.”
Tag Archives: Advent
He Comes to Shatter Expectation
Spiritual Sunday Anyone with children knows the chaos they bring into one’s life. Even when they arrive longed for and expected, the parents have no idea what they are in for. This surprise factor is at the basis of a lovely Advent poem–published in the Southern Poetry Review–by my friend Jennifer Michael, currently chair of Sewanee’s English […]
At Once a Voice Arose
Although Hardy was agnostic, “Darkling Thrush functions as a powerful Advent poem, with the longing for light in a world without faith.
Walking Down the Saddest City Lane
In which I read Robert Frost’s “I Have Been Acquainted with the Night” as an Advent poem.
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The New Moon, A Prayer Opening to Faith
In a powerful Advent poem, David Whyte compares waning faith with the waning moon. The poem reminds me of poems by John Keats and Lucille Clifton.
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Let Us Enter Advent in Hope
At a time when many of us are worried about the future, Allan Boesak reminds us that Advent is a time of hope.
The Twisted Fingers Letting Go
Catherine Alder has a beautiful poem in which she calls upon us to unclench our fists. I reflect also upon two other works that feature clenched fists, Blake’s “Grey Monk” and George MacDonald’s “Lilith.”
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The Stable Is Our Heart
Madeleine L’Engle alludes to “The Second Coming” in this Advent poem, which promises stability in the face of fear and lust for power.
