May the name of the Lord be renewed as the moon
May His Name rise like the sun in the morning
Let him rise in the morning
And wake up the reapers
Let us take them together
the wheat and the thistle
Let us take them together
the grain and the weeds
Let the rain come falling
The rain in the mown fields
Let the Lord move over us
Like the wind through the grass
Sweetness in mown fields
(I do not have even one child)
Sweetness,
I am tired
I am done with singing
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Why I post this stuff in public is beyond me. Read it quick before I take it down.
You post it because it's great writing. Don't take it down.
Mmmm, thanks, Amanda. But I don't hesitate because I think it's bad (I'm not sure yet how good it is), but because it's something close to prayer, and it feels private.
So you gotta wonder why I'm making it public. None of the reasons I can come up with are particularly good for my self image.
Well, maybe all writers are egoists. Maybe I could live with that.
Enthralled.
The Psalms -- the ache of my own voice. I love them. Thanks so much for rereflecting them.
Poetry is pushing forth from inside what's private. Sharing it with others does make it public but I think the only egosim in that is in thinking you have something to say that will matter to others. If that is egoism, then almost everyone is a egoist.
I believe that religious writing goes beyond that because it is a celebration of God. It's not as though you are going up to people on the street evangelizing. You're sharing your religious poems with people who visit your website and likely continue to visit because the work has meaning for us. When you share that faith with us, it gives us something more powerful than any other writing can.
The version of Psalm 72 in my bible is much longer, and less organized than your version. Although I miss verses 12-14, which are the ones that speak loudest to me.
Nice to see another reflection on the psalms from you. Keep it up. I know these will eventually be recognised asgood enough for another book of yours.