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e.e. cummings and Easter

April 5, 2026: Easter Sunday I’ve yet to have gathered the courage to write an Easter poem. Maybe one day. In the meantime, here is one (perhaps) by e.e. cummings whose father left his university job to become the pastor of South Congregational Church in Boston, Massachusetts. cummings himself was influenced by both Christianity andContinueContinue reading “e.e. cummings and Easter”

Spring Ephemerals

Spring wildflowers, March 19, 2025 Ephemerals(plants that flower briefly once in the spring) I walk the woods seeking spring’s ephemerals,turning leaf and rock like a child seeks treasures, here in the woods of the Creek, the Cherokee,here where the creek clatters freely down limestone. Here mottled trilliums blanket the floor;hepatica’s white petals blanket the moss.ContinueContinue reading “Spring Ephemerals”

The God-kiss

March 11, 2025 Some years ago, a term came to my mind that describes the serendipitous, often unnoticed, gifts that Love provides us. I call them “God-kisses.” They’ve always been, always will be, yet how often we miss them. Yesterday, I received such a kiss, though I almost stepped on it. I was walking throughContinueContinue reading “The God-kiss”