Kindness Patience Humility (Removing the kettle from the fire) Courage as one opens the mail A prayer of blessing while… Read more Everyday Virtue
Category: Poems & Prayers
Most of these, whether styled as “poem”, “prayer”, or “meditation”, were written to be used in worship.
To The Bees
To the bees Seeking their future In the flowers beside me I’m not much. They investigate My yellow shirt But… Read more To The Bees
I Don’t Ask for a Feast
I don’t ask for a feast Just a meal, will do A seat, not a suite A place, not a… Read more I Don’t Ask for a Feast
Love Poem
Love is not love, when love is only sweet. Love must be bitter, too, and sour and salt. The tastes… Read more Love Poem
The Mayfly
Does the mayfly With its day Fret that time is fleeting Or like its wingspan Touch eternity Tip to tip?… Read more The Mayfly
Leave the Past its Miseries
A fat pigeon The bearded man at the coffee house A woman riding her bicycle The efficient clerk at his… Read more Leave the Past its Miseries
Ever After
After the show The applause After the dinner The bill After the storm The dry land After the book The… Read more Ever After
Cassini
At times I feel like Cassini Not the French Astronomer Who discovered the gap between Saturn’s rings And four of… Read more Cassini