Poetry and Prayer—Day 6: March 3

Written by: Julia Smolucha

When I Consider How My Light Is Spent by John Milton

God: consider us. Hold us this day. Bend our soul toward you, this day and the rest. As sun rises, make us of use. And stand sentinel over our day and night. Amen.

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The Perfect Storm

November 8, 2020

Jesus Stills a Storm On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took…

Hubbard Woods, my neighborhood, is terrifying just now. When I took the dog out for his last walk of the day at 10:00 on All Hallow’s Eve under the spectral light of a Blue Moon, there was a creepy straw man with a featureless face sitting on a bale of hay at the corner, staring us down even though he had no eyes.

Carved In Stone

October 25, 2020

In her introductory essay for a poetry anthology, Eavan Boland tells the story of her first time hearing the poem “Tyger Tyger Burning Bright” by William Blake. She was six years old in the comfort of her living room, and she heard the timber of her father’s voice. The same voice that praised her first steps. The same voice that shouted “get down from there” when she climbed too high. The same voice that read her stories at night.

Poetry and Prayer—Day 6: March 3