A Vision of Power

A vision of power A shower of angels Transporting me - And I looked and they covered Their eyes in such wonder Entrancingly. ~ Inspired by the Book of Isaiah ~

Receive in Wonder

Traherne Windows Cycle #2 Receive in wonder Like a child The glistening colours Of creation Dancing on the cobblestones Of your imagination. ~ 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 and life of Thomas Traherne the …

All Our Childhoods Are Here

Traherne Windows Cycle #1 ~ All our childhoods are here - You'll find One lost in wonder While others play And an onlooker Watches it all And who knows What passes in the elder's mind? ~ The Traherne Windows cycle was inspired by stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral by Tom Denny, celebrating the writings …

The Silence of Wonder

Not the silence Of fear But the silence Of listening Of appreciation The silence Of wonder Of divine revelation. Inspired by Thomas Merton - "The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast"

Roots of Wonder

Do not forget Your roots that reach Back into the silence From where you began In warmth and darkness And even before Into that time That was When you were not ~ Explore The mystery That opens When you allow yourself To think and feel For real ~ And meditate And wonder In silence.

Arriving in Light

The gift Of the morning Arrives In light An early Dawning From depths Of night And I gaze Through the window To the Gathering day And wonder And worship And ponder And pray. Inspired by https://darylmadden.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/light-and-air/

We Can Only Wonder

. A God who came a man a virgin maid, a mother We reason all we can tell one thing or another . A God but he can die dead man, and can he live? How can we make reply? How can we answer give? . Yet Truth itself does teach it though man's mind …

Earthish, Spiritish

Firstly - Created. ~ And this is important Because we do not hold ~ All the blueprints to life Within our minds' grasp ~ We are both earthish And spiritish ~ The approximations of language Further reinforce ~ The mystery Of our being ~ As do the limitations And the wonder ~ Inherent In all …

Wonder

Under  A stupendous dark sky  ~ Venus  And the moon  ~ Shining  In brilliance  ~ We really look out  At a beautiful universe  ~ And we respond  With wonder.  ~

Full of Wonder

Full of wonder That one ~ So holy Would befriend ~ Such a one As me ~ As if love Were all ~ I needed to know About divinity. ~ Inspired by Julian of Norwich: “I was overwhelmed with wonder that he, so holy and awful, could be so friendly to a creature at once …