Birch 10.12.2010
Sere, curling
A shiver and three
leaves fall
Gold leafing the lawn
Flick and flash
chickadee flight
to feed and cache
one more seed
Earth, tree and wing
bear morning light.
Cats 10.17.2010
A flip of the tongue
Roll and breathe
Out utterance
Has devolved
Into purrs
And raspy meows
On my part
Intertwined with morning news
And inquiries
"More food?"
Blank Page 4.6.11
An entry in St. Paul's sidewalk poetry contest--wasn't chosen
Let this page blow
into the chain link fence
lose shape
in sun and rain
darkly curl, disassemble
into dust
Oriole Wish 4.12.11
O tangerine
and arc of coal
sweet dusk
of grape
jelled
on outstretched
perch
calling and waiting
for you
Light
for the Nations
8-2-2009
©
Donna J. Martinson
A
light for the nations
Light,
irrepressible light
One
flash, one blink, a moment of light
Just
one second
and
the light in particle energy
packets
wavelengths
of light
has
flown away
Three
hundred hundred-meter dashes
laid
end to end
run
in one second – illumined
transected
by a beam of light
How
far can we see in this light?
Light,
refracted and reflected
Light,
broken for you
into
colors so you may see
how
various, how splendid, how interesting is this world
an
indigo bunting wing has no color but the light
bent
through feather into iridescent blue
and
how blue . . . or green,
grey
or brown,
are
the eyes of the peoples
of
the nations
Light
for the nations
see
the shimmering of youth
see
the translucence of age
see
the hues of skin and sky
metropolis
and village
Salvation
to the ends of the earth
And
now we know the ends
from
National Geographic and Nova
sometimes,
it is not salvation we bring
oh,
Lord, hear our prayer
Salvation
Wholeness
Shalom
Healing
Forgiveness
Good
news
Freedom
from oppression, from want, from fear, from death
Light
in which to see everyone as sister, brother, aunt, uncle, grandfather,
grandmother, cousin, neighbor
for
now we know the ends of the earth…
Oh,
Lord, hear our prayer for salvation
We
are to be a light for the nations
Hear
the word of the Lord.
God
said, “Let there be light and there was light. And God saw that the light was
good” (Genesis 1).
The
Lord led them with a pillar of fire by night, to give them light (Exodus).
The
people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a
land of deep darkness---on them light has shined (Isaiah 9:2).
Arise,
shine, for your light has come (Isaiah 60:1).
You
are the light of the world.
A
city built on a hill cannot hide. Don’t hide your light under a basket. Let
your light shine so others may see your good works and give glory to God
(Matthew 5:14-16).
The
light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it (John 1:5).
God
is light and in God there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).
Light,
irrepressible light
Invisible
yet visible fuel
for
the growth of plant life on land and in the sea
photosynthesis!
Enough
light if solar panels could power us and warm us
with
energy to spare
Speed
of light
measures
greatness of the universe
Light
overflowing from sun and stars
Light
for us - light in us
light
through us
Praise
the word of the Lord
