Saturday, May 3, 2014

The road here


The road here is always
the same, unchanging,
the same terrain, the same
people traveling the road,
passing the body on the side
of the road, lifeless, or
nearly so, we keep traveling
the same road, we teachers,
we priests, we who always
know the right thing
to say.


Photograph by Larisa Koshkina via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

7 comments:

  1. Insightful, thought-provoking poem, Glynn! May God help us to keep our eyes open and senses keen - somewhere near Samaria or anywhere.

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  2. A good poem is one you read more than once. I read this one three times. Thank you for sharing it. God bless you and your writing.

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  3. So terrifical, Glynn. Your poem's ending caught me off-guard.

    revive
    love
    with
    mercy
    lips

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  4. This is beautiful, Glynn! May the Lord open the eyes of our hearts so that we might truly see.
    Blessings!

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  5. that sky and the golden grass really stuns that picture out. there are some puddles. the incline makes me think that there may be a canal on the other side.

    the road of routine
    is a circle
    a well worn path
    how well
    the old horse knows


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  6. For some reason I was thinking about information as I read this, and couldn't help a remix:

    The feed here is always
    the same, unchanging,
    the same campaigns, the same
    people loading the same nodes,
    posting like bullies, on the side
    of a post, lifeless, or
    nearly so, we keep scrolling
    the same row, we feeders,
    we priests, we who always
    know the right like
    to play.

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  7. Oh, this is good. So thought-provoking.

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