Dec 15, 2016 | Advent, Rusten Walter Harris
An infant wriggling In your arms Grunting, rooting, writhing Crying Pushing against you- Or melding into the Topography of your torso True antonym of “abstract” A shoulder wet with reality Should remind you of Christmas The rest of the poems from Rusten...
Dec 14, 2016 | Advent, Rusten Walter Harris, Winter
Is it winter? The trees are waiting to be clothed Arms and branches lifted up to the heavens Staves – ragged upright wooden bones Sup life with a little soil – frozen Limbs clenched through the wind Some lose weight and watch their friends Keep warm...
Dec 13, 2016 | Advent, Bible Story, Rusten Walter Harris
Contested days of rightful claims to celebrate the stories, Rituals, symbols, and traditions handed down My children – will learn the rhythms Of the Church catholic Of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Of divinity incarnate And I have no qualms with criticisms Posing...
Dec 12, 2016 | Advent, Rusten Walter Harris
Gloria in excelsis deo Latin phrase from long ago Translation of angelic chorus Sung to those who watched by night The sheep who often wondered off Struck with fear and then delight “Glory to God in the highest” They never cease to declare And now here in...
Dec 11, 2016 | Advent, Gus Stevens, Sonnet, Victorian Sonnet, Winter
There were a hundred years of snow before the human children came. Years of frost and chain and shadow when nights were long and only flame could keep away the grasping cold. The creatures hoped; but then the boy traded their hopes for promised gold and forfeit life...
Dec 11, 2016 | Advent, Bible Story, Rusten Walter Harris
Cherubim – mysterious when imagined Garden keepers with sword aflame Face of eagle, man, and lion Ark guardians of the mercy seat It is said the Lord sits enthroned Upon the cherubim The priest reminded at every turn By angelic temple ornaments Ezekiel writes of...
