"seek and sue": Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, xx, line 1

 

"changes and chances": 1979 Book of Common Prayer, p. 133

 

"The Sailor," etc.: Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson.




Bidding

morning coffee

is a prayer

 

*

 

unsneer our speech

O blessed Grace

unrage our hearts  

 

*

 

weal and woe

 

seek and sue

 

changes and chances

 

*

 

can we learn
kneeling before each other

vulnerability
respect for the tenderness
of our kindred

 

*

 

sassafras's colour

on the fringe of November  

 

*  

 

The Sailor cannot see the North ---

but knows the Needle can

 

*

 

God is a verb 

can peace be a verb

 

peace us :: whole us :: heal us  

 

break us to beauty

weep us to love





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Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Another banger. I love these short and meditative verses you do
2023-11-14