Tag Archives: Prayer

missing poems – July 14

Posted on July 15, 2014 by landl30

7.14.2014 missing poems my soul strays   no unwinding of the day, no peering inside out   and snippets of music wisp off not to be grasped again.   the vision that feeds needs its connector to grace, hope, more.   … Continue reading →

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morning mist – June 11

Posted on June 12, 2014 by landl30

6.11.2014 morning newspaper not here, mist across the pond, a low burst of sun just visible between trunk and branch   sweet time. coffee with m and s, a chair by the barely cracked window while steel-cut oats burble   … Continue reading →

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walking into space – May 5

Posted on May 6, 2014 by landl30

5.5.2014 walking into space bridge to nowhere above the falls terrifies   run, flee, knees going going. Lord pull me back. breath come quick   terror hits at hearts out of control fearing the death lying close to hand   … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 6-Easter Eve – April 19

Posted on April 19, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 6  – Easter Eve on a night like tonight people passed over   from a land filled with suffering to a place of new heart   on a night like tonight the wild avenging angel   struck down … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 5 – Good Friday – April 18

Posted on April 18, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 5 robbery, rape, murder treason, theft, cruelty   mean kids bullying the weak, strong kids pushing their weight   a mother beating a vulnerable child, a father violating their innocence   when we are at our most despicable, … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 4 – April 17

Posted on April 17, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 4 the maundy’s mandates call us again   to remember by doing to recall by caring   bread wine feet souls the simplest things   for telling the most elegant of stories. ———————–

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Holy Week 3 -April 16

Posted on April 16, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 3  we come to red seas of our own devising the pains and chains of a lifetime crowding us up against the sands of desperation   until we turn and see your hand swiping wide the waters to … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 2 – April 15

Posted on April 16, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 2 endings come upon us, valleys of dry bones loom   how will our bones rise from deceit and lies and greed   when we have gone to the dust, refusing to listen.   breathe your breath into … Continue reading →

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Holy Week 1 – April 14

Posted on April 14, 2014 by landl30

Holy Week 1 on the steps to the cross there were stumbles not by you but by us.   mixed signals, cross purposes, bad karmas how could we miss your loving so clear.   mixed signals, cross purposes, bad karmas … Continue reading →

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Lent Prayer 40 – April 13

Posted on April 13, 2014 by landl30

Lent Prayer 40 we cheered you on especially when we thought it would go our way   but when it didn’t follow our script we turned and still do.   forgive us our stupidity, cupidity, rapidity, done-deedity.   we don’t … Continue reading →

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