With the dawn of a new church year, we have launched a new feature on our website, a weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary readings for that week.
*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Psalm 103:1-8
CLASSIC POEM:
Beauty crowds me till I die
Emily Dickinson
Beauty crowds me till I die
Beauty mercy have on me
But if I expire today
Let it be in sight of thee –
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
To Live in the Mercy of God
Denise Levertov
SNIPPET:
To lie back under the tallest
oldest trees. How far the stems
rise, rise
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