Write Your Own Response to a Psalm
In God’s grace there are no “ifs” or “buts”, no expiration dates, no measured share, no price to pay
24/7, in plentiful supply that never ends, God’s love abides. We need do no more than accept it.
poetry by others
Featured Artist: Ashley Bryan
I will never forget this man’s energy, love of color, excitement for the creative process, his great attitude, and how animated and lucid he is. His youthfulness at 93 is truly the greatest art of all.
Lyrics to Church Solo “It is Well”
I’m at Creative Arts Camp and the church solo was sung beautifully by blog reader Claire. It was so lovely and I have been thinking about it since, so I thought I would share it with you.
Poetry is Where We Are Ourselves
Poetry is the human voice, and are we not of interest to each other?
Heron Photos and Poem by Wendell Barry
I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
Poem by Luci Shaw: Speechless
Whose scent, invisible, drowns you in opulence, and for which you can find nothing adequate to say.
Lines from Wordsworth in Early Spring
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think
Poem by Diane Ackerman: School Prayer
In the name of the daybreak
and the eyelids of morning
and the wayfaring moon
and the night when it departs…
A Poem by S’zanne Reynolds
Flames dance,
embers fly,
raindrops singe,
the campfire cries.
Howls rise up over the wind’s refrain…
Poem By Rosemary Wahtola Trommer: In Case I Forget to Say It Enough
Thank you for this day made
of wind and rain and sun and the scent
of old-fashioned lilacs.
Poem by Jena Schwartz: Make Room
God said,
make room for me
in your day
that crow swooping low
as you drive to work
Poem by Mary Oliver: Spring
In the north country now it is spring and there
Is a certain celebration. The thrush…