you make the god you want, not of gold
or even paper, but green-warm earth—hail
it as something gifted from the blue.
what is your church? but this slate blue
mountain, bare slopes, trees brushed soft gold,
solitude, song; or fall’s sharp wind, rain, hail,
snow silence. eyes closed, face lifted to hail
pilgrim thought. no room for guilt in sky’s blue:
if the soul lights, burns ember-gold—
I am. (gold-hail prayer in this blue)
Thanks to Christine for the three tritina words.
The earth gods and goddesses…we can see feel taste them. “No room for guilt in sky’s blue”–yes. (K)
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The human guilt is the hardest thing to escape. The natural world doesn’t need that–it just is.
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Beautiful, Jennifer. “what is your church? but this slate blue
mountain,. . .”
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Thank you. It seems to be my main idea of retreat–climbing up to a mountain top. 🙂
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I think that would be too much work for me. 😉
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beautifully done! ❤
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Thank you!
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Lovely images
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Thank you!
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Why are your kennings always so *good*? you consistently wring more out of words than they hold.
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Wow, thank you. Now I will admit to you that one of my last passes involved taking out extraneous hyphens. 🙂
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It seems like it would be easy to make a highly visual poem out of two color words, but this went beyond – it’s packed full of gorgeous nature imagery. I love the “I am” in the final line and how that can either challenge or embrace a higher power.
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Thank you, Laura. Especially for that last comment, which crystallized for me something about my current faith struggles.
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I understood what your thoughts were, but not because your words necessarily told me, which is very cool! Thanks for sharing.
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So glad you enjoyed. Thanks for your kind words.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Lovely ..
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Thank you ❤
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