Saturday, April 19, 2014

Day 5

The Fields are saying, "YHWH founded the earth by wisdom; He established the heavens by understanding." (Proverbs 3:19).

Two Voices in a Meadow

A Milkweed 

Anonymous as cherubs 
Over the crib of God, 
White seeds are floating 
Out of my burst pod. 
What power had I 
Before I learned to yield? 
Shatter me, great wind: 
I shall possess the field 

A Stone 

As casual as cow-dung 
Under the crib of God, 
I lie where chance would have me, 
Up to the ears in sod. 
Why should I move? To move 
Befits a light desire. 
The sill of heaven would founder, 
Did such as I aspire.

Richard Wilbur

1 comment:

  1. [Luke won a game of poker on a bluff]
    Dragline: Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
    Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

    From the movie, "Cool Hand Luke"

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