The Prayer of the Boiling Dish Cloths
Oh Lord and Master Housekeeper, Soak me in your sudsy brine.Loosen the grease that saturates my fibresand prevents absorption of your solvent.Stir and boil, agi...
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The Prayer of the Bur
God, Let me be the bur, sticking on to your wool sock. I am a legless seed, looking for the good soil. Take me with you on your narrow way, through night’...
Blow, Oh Holy Bellows: a poem for Pentecost
Blow, oh holy bellows of God,Whoosh into our dying embersand revive our tongues of fire.Drive the blackened ash from our neglected hearth,and transform our cind...
A corner of morning light
{a morning prayer} Lord, wake all of me into your light today. Steal into every hidden corner and slumbering chamber with the day-beckoning of grace. Wash my dr...
Angels of Advent: Zacharias
The Angel Appearing to Zacharias, William Blake, 1799-1800 By luck of the lot it seems, I am here. Carrying with me the burning desires of a nation, and my own ...