Poetry & Thanksgiving
Today is a little dash of color with words.
If you were in Canada you would be celebrating
Thanksgiving! (Wouldn't it be nice here in the States
to have some time for reflection around the special holidays
of Love & Peace & Family & Gratitude?)
* Now may be an appropriate time to give a shout out to
Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec,
who has suggested the idea of women deacons in the
Roman Catholic Church. Yes! It is time.
Today is the birthday of poet Paul Engle (1908-1991)
who said, "The way to praise a poet is to write a poem."
And since yours truly is also celebrating a birthday today,
I've decided to share a cento from my collection in progress.
Some wonderful journals have published my centos which
(as poets know) is very promising.
A poem from Patrick Kavanagh to me and now to you:
MY CLOAK OF GOLD
-Patrick Kavanagh: Cento
I came to a great
house on the edge of a park
Something discovered
vividly and sudden.
(God must be allowed
to surprise us.)
That beautiful,
beautiful, beautiful God
Not the abstract
Creator but He who caresses
In the light.
On the road we walk
nobody is unwanted—
A world that was and
now is poised above time
So full of repose, so
rich with life
And verse that can
redeem a soul.
Spread the news, tell
all. if you love me—
Unwilling saint.
I will have love,
love, love.
God’s gift to this
poetic nation.
O wealthy me! O happy
state.
So I take my cloak of
gold
I’m as happy as I’ve
ever been
Great glory to the
King!
If my voice still
echoes there
Bring out a book as
soon as you can.
-Kathleen
Gunton
©2015
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