Tag: God

poetry appreciation

bear with me…

Feb 24, 2022 #acceptance, #amazement, #belief, #faith, #God, #god says yes to me, #Haught, #Kaylin Haught, #lovable, #love, #relief, #self acceptance, #wonder by Lucy Crispin

I realise I may be pushing it, offering you a poem containing reference to ‘god’ two weeks in a row. For me, though, both last week’s poem and this week’s can work simply in humanistic terms, even if they speak differently to those with a faith in god (whatever she may look like). Where last week’s poem spoke of the power of appreciation and gratitude, this week’s is about acceptance; and I hope that even if you’re triggered by the word god you’ll hang in there long enough to read Kaylin Haught’s ‘God says Yes to Me‘.

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a blessing

Apr 30, 2020 #A blessing, #blessed, #corona virus, #Covid 19, #encounter, #gift, #God, #hope, #horses, #James Wright, #magic realism, #mindfulness, #mystical, #numinous, #poem, #poetry, #reverence, #sacred, #spiritual, #spring, #springtime by Lucy Crispin

I’ve heard and read in many places these last few weeks a lot of stuff about how “we’re all in a heightened emotional state at the moment”: operating at a higher pitch; a bit more thin-skinned than usual. It’s not surprising. So I don’t know if it’s what’s going on in the macrocosm or in my own microcosm which makes me so susceptible to this poem, ‘A Blessing‘ by James Wright (have it read to you here). But susceptible I am. It moves me greatly. See what you think.

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look… feel that…

Feb 13, 2020 #being human, #God, #intimacy, #Kerry Hardie, #mindful, #mindfulness, #particular, #presence, #relationship, #Sheep Fair Day, #universal by Lucy Crispin

Phew. Someone else writing a poem involving sheep (which I seem to do a surprising amount of the time). Good to know I’m not alone! That’s one reason I picked ‘Sheep Fair Day’ by Kerry Hardie. The other is simply that I loved it: I find it very alive and very moving. Seeking to take God on a journey round her life, Hardie takes us along too. Read this vivid and lovely poem here. (I had a look on Youtube but found only a lot of vlogs about marts, so you’ll have to read it to yourself!)

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