Poetry

Transfiguration Sunday -”The Bright Field”

by Rick Lord on March 6, 2011

in Poetry

I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great price, the one field that had the treasure in it. I realize now that I must give up all that I have to possess it. Life [...]

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Beyond Imagining

by Rick Lord on December 18, 2010

in Poetry

Mary, Mary, the things that you have said to me, Strain my reasoned faith beyond imagining. Alone and in a jealous rage, my heart is torn like a broken page, from an ancient scroll that’s tossed aside in some forgotten place. When my desperation ceased, angelic dreams of peace Revealed that God had chosen you. [...]

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