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Luci Shaw
Luci Shaw, from Bellingham, Washington, is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Harvesting Fog (Pinyon) and The Slow Pleasures (forthcoming from WordFarm).
The Quickening
Oh, then, on that spontaneous, light-filled day, the world will begin singing again after our dim, silent millennial waiting— ...
The White Geese
Waiting has been, always, a discipline alien to me. Too often, impatience consumes me. I am a candle, its dark wick burning down too fast, ...
Enlightened
The impression of an impression—
a cloud like the wing of an angel, but
indistinct, and in ten minutes
shape-changed. This is how data reach us...
Looking up
Those starlings,
that crowd of black wings
patterning the noon sky,
flow along a highway invisible,
unknown to us, we without
wings, stiff, anchored,...
Little revelations
Perhaps we should consider stars as
outposts of heaven. But right here, on our own
lovely planet, the flickers of early light...
Angels everywhere
Some days I notice angels everywhere—
light glancing through windows, flying
through stained glass as if through air....
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Night rainfall
Letting down from the water-laden air,
the little fists of rain drum on
the skylight above our bed, imparting
their version of the truth of heaven....
Unable to see far
Unable to see far, I write
what’s near. How snow
responds to footprints and
the garden to a spade.
How my cat’s lion face
softens under my caress....
Where color is spare
Where color is spare
we are given shape
and shade. Angles matter,
the up-thrust of a rock,
the way horizons
map the earth even in the dark....
After a time
After a time of writing
I stop to let my mind breathe.
This is necessary, otherwise
the thoughts turn gray and
drift.
Even God had to rest
after creating....