The Dedicated

Found in Eamonn Fitzgerald’s Rainy Day, a tribute to all the soldiers in Iraq.. The Dedicated Some must employ the scythe Upon the grasses That the walks be smooth For the feet of the angel. Some keep in repair The locks, that the visitor unhindered passes To the innermost chamber. Some have for endeavour To Continue reading The Dedicated

from Jubilate Agno

For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him. For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way. For is this done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness. For then Continue reading from Jubilate Agno

Te Deum

Not because of victories I sing, having none, but for the common sunshine, the breeze, the largess of the spring. Not for victory but for the day’s work done as well as I was able; not for a seat upon the dais but at the common table. — Charles Reznikoff