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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Avowal
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Denise Levertov.
The Avowal
As swimmers dare
to lie face to the sky
and water bears them,
as hawks rest upon air
and air sustains them,
so would I learn to attain
freefall, and float
into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace,
knowing no effort earns
that all-surrounding grace.Source: “The Avowal” from The Stream and the Sapphire, by Denise Levertov.
New York: New Directions Publishing, 1997.
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I love this poem and its sentiment. I’ve heard Christians described as pneumanauts… I think Levertov would approve.
Thanks Rebecca. You have given me a new word. I like it! It’s not even Pentecost yet, and we’re looking to the Spirit!!
wow to both photo and poem!
Love this line –
…….so would I learn to attain
freefall, and float
into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace,…………….
So right, Keith. And wouldn’t we love that spirit of abandon. Pat