Ascension Day – Barb, poet priest

Two Sonnets – one old, one new

Altar to an Unknown GodEaster 6; Acts 17:22-31Perhaps an altar to an unknown godwould not be solid slabs of stone or wood that brute force wrestled from the gaping sodand carved with symbols little understood.Perhaps some legs of driftwood, bare and white,would hold a sheath of woven bark and grass,or panel rescued from a ruinedContinue reading “Two Sonnets – one old, one new”

Ascension?

Ascension?Ascension Day; Acts 1:1-11; Matthew 28: 16-20He vanished from their sight, but did he riseto lofty palaces above the skiesto sit in gloried state at God’s right hand?Or did he slip among them where they stand?The angels laughed: “Why do you seek afarthe one who’s always with you where you are?”To visions bringing insight, itContinue reading “Ascension?”

Ascension?

Ascension? Ascension Day; Acts 1:1-11; Matthew 28: 16-20 He vanished from their sight, but did he rise to lofty palaces above the skies to sit in gloried state at God’s right hand? Or did he slip among them where they stand? The angels laughed: “Why do you seek afar the one who’s always with youContinue reading “Ascension?”