Love is…
“What you are in love with,
What seizes your imagination,
Will affect everything.
Fall in Love,
Stay in Love,
and it will decide everything.”
…excerpt from Fall in Love Poem by Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1907-1991)
Category: POETRY
BREATH OF LIFE
My Christmas Poem
At the Stable
AGAINST COLD MIDNIGHT
A NEWBORN GOD MADE MAN
AS THE OX AND ASS BREATHED WARMTH AGAINST THE MIRACLE
IN MY NOTHINGNESS DO I TREMBLE TO THANK HIM
FOR COMING TO SAVE THE WORLD
…to save me from myself…to save everyone…
WINTER GREENERIES
WHAT A DELIGHT TO STEP OUTSIDE
GATHERING LOOSE PINE CONES AND BARREN TWIGS
UNEARTHING MINIATURE FIR SAPLINGS
BUNCHING THESE SCENTED WOODY PLANTS
MAKE FOR A WONDROUS WINTRY WINDOW BOX
OFFERING HOLIDAY CHEER AND LOVE
…I hope these early December days are filling your hearts with joyful expectations…
HE’S MY BELOVED GIFT
Happy Birthday, my Beloved Son, Christopher
A Poem by Wendell Berry To The Holy Spirit
O Thou, far off and here, whole and broken
Who in necessity and bounty wait,
Whose truth is light and dark, mute though spoken,
By thy wide grace show me thy narrow gate.”
Love, mom
AQUATIC DREAM
POEM
He comes by sea’s roar
salty foam to sting eyes open
His desire calls us home
to behold windows of goodness
herein lies our daily choices
reflections by design.
STILL MIND
FREE VERSE
Beauty declares the Holy One
A rare flower
A haunting sunset
A frightful tidal wave
These and everything else proclaim His Presence
Such is nature awesome and uncontrollable
His People, can we not declare God’s Glory?
SONG OF DANCE
Swing – Painting by Barbara Cole
Free Verse
SONG OF DANCE
Like David, the music sways my body to dance, my arms reaching heavenward
Your love, O God, tickles my feet off the ground
My heart soars beating like a drum to the Promised Land
Your grace lifts me higher and higher
Sweeter than good wine, better than gold or diamonds
Moving to and fro full of joy and hope, there’s nothing holding me back
I can flutter and fly like a golden butterfly
Nothing compares to your love
Song of Dance – Only you can satisfy!
