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Hearing the Celestial Voices

Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.

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Dancing in the Face of Darkness

In “Evening Sun,” poet Kenyon remembers a life-affirming moment as a child that would bolster her as an adult.

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All I Needed Was Some Small Light

After two years of trauma, I feel hope again with the Democrats taking the House. A Lucille Clifton poem captures my sense of relief.

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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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Poems for Abuse Victims

Lucille Clifton Having attended a memorial ceremony for the recently departed poet Lucille Clifton this past Saturday (see yesterday’s post), today I commemorate her by putting some of her poems to good use. Catholic priest molestation has been in the news recently (less the molestation, which tragically occurs in all walks of life, than the […]

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