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Rick Hoyt-McDaniels

Author, Artist, Composer

Category: Poems & Prayers

Most of these, whether styled as “poem”, “prayer”, or “meditation”, were written to be used in worship.

Goodbye

Posted on June 29, 2025June 28, 2025 by Rick

There’s a god in each goodbyeA goodly deity who lingers on past each departingWho keeps good company when companions severAn… Read more Goodbye

Sing a New Song

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on June 1, 2025June 30, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on May 25, 2025May 26, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on February 9, 2025May 31, 2025 by Rick

An actor listening in the wingsA runner, feet pressed into the starting blocksA seed resting beneath the snowA faint star… Read more Wait

Candlemas

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Rick

May these candlesSymbols of our dreams and desiresIlluminate our pathAnd guide us on our wayAs we step into a new… Read more Candlemas

Courage

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Rick

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

Posted on December 29, 2024December 30, 2024 by Rick

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

Posted on September 22, 2024September 23, 2024 by Rick

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

Posted on September 15, 2024September 23, 2024 by Rick

Why do we ask for freedom when to be bound is our desire To be intertwined with others, to be… Read more Freedom

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