There’s a god in each goodbyeA goodly deity who lingers on past each departingWho keeps good company when companions severAn… Read more Goodbye
Category: Poems & Prayers
Most of these, whether styled as “poem”, “prayer”, or “meditation”, were written to be used in worship.
Sing a New Song
Sing a new song for this one life For this only earth For this new day Sing a new song For an old sun… Read more Sing a New Song
Blessed Stupidity
Oh, the things I don’t know!The acreage of my ignorance!The common knowledgemiscommunicated to meThe hollows, the gaps, the blanksI knew… Read more Blessed Stupidity
Memorial Day
Though the war drums fall silentTheir beat yet echoes across the earthShaking the grass that sprouts where boots were kickedSlicing… Read more Memorial Day
Wait
An actor listening in the wingsA runner, feet pressed into the starting blocksA seed resting beneath the snowA faint star… Read more Wait
Candlemas
May these candlesSymbols of our dreams and desiresIlluminate our pathAnd guide us on our wayAs we step into a new… Read more Candlemas
Courage
In these troubling times Exposed to the power of nature Vulnerable to the power of men May we find our… Read more Courage
The Beautiful Unknown
Universe of constant changeDivine spirit of creativityGod of what’s happening nowNext and new Ever present yetAlways becoming in all ways Carry… Read more The Beautiful Unknown
The Fall
From the height of summer, we slipped this morning toward winter’s realm.For one still second the day and the night… Read more The Fall
Freedom
Why do we ask for freedom when to be bound is our desire To be intertwined with others, to be… Read more Freedom