Grey squirrel leaping,

twisting, turning summersaults (!) -

       just the joy of spring? 

Snowflakes in sunshine,

sparking fresh white glitter -

      I looked - no rainbow!

"Snowbow"? 

 

 

Thankful for these things -

People, Earth, Waters, Fish, Plants…….

       Now our minds are one.

 

The beginning of Ganonyok, Seneca version of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgivng Address, "The Words That Come Before All Else."  We went to the presentation at the United Conference at NMU.  Here are two links to two expressions of the complete address -

Boundless love site

Dance for all People site 

Spanish, French, German -

Poetry Without Borders,

        and I got nada! 

People read poems in 19 different languages. I speak only English! 

Flapping, soaring, turn-
ing, climbing, diving, splashing -
       seagull acrobats.

I especially like the "turning" between lines 1 and 2.  We were watching them at Picnic Rocks while we drank our coffee.

Honey Mustard Bar-

B-Que Chicken sub sandwich -

     first picnic(1) of spring! 

 

(1) in car picnic overlooking Lake Superior. Blue water, blue sky - nice. 

  

 God of all life and death,
we pray to you from the valleys of dry bones -
 - Gaza
 - Ukraine
 - Iran
 - and other places that go in and out of our news consciousness where people (and indeed all Creation) is suffering, including our own United States.
Breathe your word of life to us all,
that your Creation might rise up and live and thrive like a daffodils in springtime.
We pray today in the name of Jesus who said "Consider the lilies...."

 

 Kelly Latimore - Our Lady Protectress of the Most Vulnerable

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