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This resource relating to Jeremiah 33:14-16 provides a classic poem by Joyce Kilmer highlighting the majesty of God's creation and a contemporary poem by Francisco X. Alarcon highlighting the struggle of those forced from their land.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Jeremiah 33:14-16
CLASSIC POEM:
Trees
Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
To Those Who Have
Lost Everything
Francisco X. Alarcon
SNIPPET:
crossed
in despair
many deserts
full of hope
carrying
their empty
fists of sorrow
everywhere
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Year C First Sunday of Advent