poetry

This makes me think… about the divine face, the incarnation…

The Divine Image by William Blake (1757-1827) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.   For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care.   For Mercy has…

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This makes me think… about heaven in this month of holy souls…

There by Mary Coleridge There, in that other world, what waits for me? What shall I find after that other birth? No stormy, tossing, foaming, smiling sea, But a new earth. No sun to mark the changing of the days, No slow, soft falling of the alternate night, No moon, no star, no light upon…

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The F.U.N. Quotient… An Ode to a Bowl of Cereal

 Ode to a Bowl of Cereal Cereal, Not just any cereal, A bowl of cereal. Not just any bowl of cereal, A pit crew, ready, To fuel up the car, For the big race A claw game, Descending upon tiny Flotation devices. Giving their bounty to The lucky winner Tiny stars floating in the Milky…

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