He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures. — Psalm 147:8 A hesitant spatter builds to an open deluge, our backyard transforms into a temporary swamp, and the water- collecting barrels overflow, rivulets running down and over, a casacading reminder of plenty, and IContinue reading “Rain Psalm”
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Fury
Just the magnitude of the sky, the rise and building of such dark clouds, the horizon like a swelling wave from a mighty ocean, the downdraft and sideways rain before the hail began, and I marveled as I drove, praying for safety but also so very moved by the majestic beauty of it — creation,Continue reading “Fury”
The Rains
“The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee, Extend their bloom in vain. Come over the hills and far with me, And be my love in the rain.” —from A Line-Storm Song by Robert Frost The birds have shuttered in their nests, the bees have found the hive, the butterflies have closed their wings toContinue reading “The Rains”
Bright Air & Ashes
It catches me sometimes when I’m unaware, when I step out to feel the warmth on my face, to hear the birds, the bright air in full sun that tastes of dirt and light, like the earth after a blue-sky rain — the taste of childhood. That scent takes me to swings and trees, toContinue reading “Bright Air & Ashes”
Poetic Meanderings 