Tweet The following poem by Elsie Robinson is titled “Pain” (Poems that touch the Heart compiled by A.L. Alexander, pp. 185-186): Why must I be hurt? Suffering and despair, Cowardice and cruelty, Envy and injustice, All of these hurt. Grief and terror, Loneliness and betrayal And the agony of loss or death— All these things…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Light of Christ
Tweet “’The Light of Christ’ has a refrain that is an adaptation of the ‘Prayer of Protection’ by James Dillet Freeman . . . . Dr. Freeman had written the prayer for soldiers serving during the Second World War” (from the album insert, Marty Haugen: Anthology I, 1980-1984). “[Dr. Freeman’s] 1941 ‘Prayer for Protection’ was…
Soul on Fire
Tweet And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass. –Ezra Pound (101 poems that could save your life by Daisy Goodwin, p.75) I like some of Ezra Pound’s poetry but disagree with his stated (during his…
Love Creates
Tweet In the book Your Life as Art Robert Fritz states: “We do not choose who or what we love. True desire is a form of love. And in a similar way, we do not choose what we desire. We may or may not be aware of what we desire, but one thing we can’t…
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