Only by Following the Way and re-reading my favorite poems can I find my way through the current morass. Here’s a poem by Elizabeth Cunningham from her book Small Bird.
Tag Archives: Poetry
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Advent Reflection XIII: Fragility and Intention
The death and destruction department in Life’s Little Reality Shoppe has a way of preempting everything. Last week, two sick parents and the death of my friend Deb cast a Continues…
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Following the Way
This is the lesson on following the Way. Remember it. How do you follow the way? Go where you are sent. Wait till you are shown what to do. Do Continues…
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On Being Saved by a Poem
Poetry and I are old friends. When I had to move home for a year in college, poetry was the one thing that kept me sane (except for Robert Lowell). Continues…
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Spring Fling
I spent last week in Chicago, working with friends old and new. Two days were spent at an editorial meeting for a hymnal revision, while Wednesday brought me to the Continues…