Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. —Psalm 143:8 In the haze of an early rising when the morning chorus of birds are still tucked in pine needle nests, I hear You in the stillness calling, and so I sing back in the sweet breaths of prayer. —C.L. Fisher,Continue reading “Unfailing Love”
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Divine Hours
The morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness — Shakespeare In the dim pre-morning when most are just entering REM sleep, we wake and begin slow and gentle steps, stretching, opening our hearts in faith as He brings us into the promise of dawn, and we say in unison with the first birdsong, ThisContinue reading “Divine Hours”
A Summer Day
“I’ll tell you how the sun rose,— A ribbon at a time.” — Emily Dickinson The day begins in calming gray before the rising rays weave in ribbons of deepest amethyst and soft lavender, and then dawn unwinds light along the horizon in silken skeins of brilliant shimmer. — C.L. Fisher, July 2022 Unless otherwiseContinue reading “A Summer Day”
June Song
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove, and it bore me a message, the one word—love! – Paul Laurence Dunbar I heard a dove coo somewhere high in the branches of a rising pine, a soft good morning note to begin dawn’s early chorus, prompt the robin’s cheerful whistle, cue the longContinue reading “June Song”
Lauds
It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning… — Psalm 92:2 We made our wingless way through a sanctuary of feathered parishioners; just us two on pilgrimage through whispering leaves. —C.L. Fisher, May 2022 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work of C.L. Fisher and may not be copied,Continue reading “Lauds”
23 Degrees on Sunday, February 27th
Light is sweet, how pleasant to see the new day dawning. — Ecclesiastes 11:7 I take in what seems all the world, standing on my porch before God; I see the stars, the moon, the arc of a horizon, shadow-cast of lights at the dawn, and I am awed, forget the cold, and just feelContinue reading “23 Degrees on Sunday, February 27th”
Dawn Chorus
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” — Claude Monet What do the birds know that makes them join the dawn chorus, silhouettes on a wire, shadows underneath a sleepy moon — they are as primed to greet the sun as the mellow lunar orb is ready to retreat, find rest withinContinue reading “Dawn Chorus”
Morning Blessing
I will wake the dawn with my song.—Psalm 108:2 It is simple, really, just part of my everyday, most times before I speak, but after I kiss my husband, I amble my way to the kitchen, begin to brew my first cup, and I am overwhelmed with the blessing of just waking up. —C.L. Fisher,Continue reading “Morning Blessing”
Song of Morning
Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? — Matthew 6:26-27, NLT I’m drawn to the call of the winsome bird,Continue reading “Song of Morning”
The Moment of Sunrise
Haiku: One heartbeat of life in seventeen syllables, unrhymed. When morning blazes, birdsong is muted by fire — a reckoning breath. —C.L. Fisher, August 2021 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are the work of C.L. Fisher and may not be copied, used, or distributed without permission.
Poetic Meanderings 