Creation Here Thrives

Traherne Windows Cycle #3 Creation here thrives - The swifts The beetle, so magnificent The moths The humble ant - Each speaks Their word from God Which is alive. This is the next poem in the Traherne Windows Cycle, which was inspired by stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral by Tom Denny, celebrating the writings …

Inspiring Quotations: “From dust I arise”

From dust I rise,    And out of nothing now awake;These brighter regions which salute mine eyes,    A gift from God I take.The earth, the seas, the light, the day, the skies,The sun and stars are mine if those I prize. This comes from Thomas Traherne's wonderful poem 'The Salutation' which I have posted about in …

Salutation

A salutation is a greeting, so it seems appropriate to begin the New Year with this wonderful poem by Thomas Traherne. These little limbs,    These eyes and hands which here I find,These rosy cheeks wherewith my life begins,    Where have ye been? behindWhat curtain were ye from me hid so long?Where was, in what abyss, …

A Year of Inspirers (17): “The earth, the seas, the light…” of Thomas Traherne

. He is the poet of joy and ecstatic lines: . . He is the poet of wonder: . . Thomas Traherne, who is commemorated on 10th October, wrote about "flow" long before the contemporary psychologist Csikszentmihalyi did... . . Thomas Traherne's poetry was only discovered in the 20th century, though he lived in the …

Mysteriously Within

. Mysteriously He comes within . Visiting the mind With wonder . Often though We send him away . The great God Of every day . Who draws us Close again . As if to court our hearts In pain. . Inspired by the writings of Thomas Traherne. Below, one of the Traherne Windows from …

Inspiring Poems: “Encircled in a sphere of light” by Thomas Traherne

“The sense of what he did possessFill’d him with joy and thankfulnessHe was transported even here on earthAs if he then in Heaven had his birth:The truth is, Heaven did the man surround,The earth being in the middle found.” . This is the last verse of a poem by Thomas Traherne called simply “Adam”. He …

Inspiring Prose – “a tree set on fire”

" The Cross of Christ is the Jacob’s ladder by which we ascend into the highest heavens...That Cross is a tree set on fire with invisible flame, that Illuminateth all the world. " Thomas Traherne from The Traherne Windows, Hereford Cathedral The writer Thomas Traherne is remembered on 10th October, so I am re-posting from …

Inspiring Prose: “the immortal cornfields”

"The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting..." Thomas Traherne's inspired vision of the world is beautifully captured by some stunning stained-glass windows in Hereford cathedral. At the top you can see a figure running, perhaps with a …