Category Archives: Poetry

Adjustment Process

Five years a stranger, in my own retirement,drifting outside the common world,a cup poured out,not yet knowingwhat wine it was being emptied for. * The caravan of hoursmoved on without me.The mornings roseon the far side of the dunes.And sleep,that … Continue reading →

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Luke 11

— Teach Us to Pray A knock comes at midnight, and a lamp comes on inside.Outside, this October, the whole world is knocking. He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said,“Lord, … Continue reading →

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It’s Autumn

It’s the season of saying goodbye. * Listen.Every reed in the field is singing,the old song of the reedcut from its riverbank,longing to go home,and the whole hillside joins inuntil the chorus forgetsit was ever many voices. * Above, the … Continue reading →

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Genesis 32

— The Night I Wrestled with God Jacob went on his way. Behind him, the stones of the past.Ahead of him, the road home. And on the way,the angels of Godmet him. * “This is God’s camp,”he said,and named the … Continue reading →

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Genesis 31

— A Heap of Witness Twenty yearsin another man’s house,under Laban’s watchful eyes,through heat by dayand frost by night. His wages changedlike the moon,ten times.His life was weighedon another man’s scale. But the Friendhad not forgotten him. * Jacob heard … Continue reading →

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Genesis 30

— A Marketplace of Longing Rachel looked at Leahthe way a dry cuplooks at a full one. Her heart became a barren field.Jealousy grew therelike thorns. “Give me children,or I will die.” Jacob turned away, angry:“Am I in the place … Continue reading →

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Genesis 29

— The Lord Saw Leah Noon. The world gone white with light. In the field, a well,and on its mouth a stone,and under the stone, in the dark,water, holding a small round skylike a secret held in the chest. The … Continue reading →

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Mountain Road on One Lane

We entered a road older than memory, a single thread laid across the ribs of the Blue Ridge, as if the mountain whispered, Come—walk the way your ancestors walked, slow enough for the soul to keep up. The GPS, blind … Continue reading →

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Genesis 27

— The Blessing in the Darkness Isaac had grown old.His eyes were dim. The tent was full of evening.Outside,the wind moved over the dry hills of Beersheba,the tamarisk his father plantedbreathed and sighed,and the stars came out one by oneover … Continue reading →

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Genesis 26

— Making Room for Another Well There was a famine in the land. Not the first famine. Another famine. The earth had become thirsty again, and Isaac looked toward Gerar, wondering where his family could survive. Then God appeared to … Continue reading →

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