By the Stream

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This resource relating to Psalm 42-43 provides poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) and Pat Mora (1935-2019) highlighting the peace found in nature.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Psalm 42 and 43 CLASSIC POEM: By the Stream Paul Laurence Dunbar By the stream I dream in calm delight, and watch as in a glass, How the clouds like crowds of snowy-hued and white-robed maidens pass, And the water into ripples breaks and sparkles as it spreads, Like a host of armored knights with silver helmets on their heads. And I deem the stream an emblem fit of human life may go, For I find a mind may sparkle much and yet but shallows show, And a soul may glow with myriad lights and wondrous mysteries, When it only lies a dormant thing and mirrors what it sees. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: My Rock Pat Mora SNIPPET: Summer’s ending. I sit on my desert rock, listen to the world’s hum. … [ READ THE FULL POEM ] <<<<<< PREV. POEM |
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Pat Mora
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Psalms 42, 43
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Year C Proper 7 (Ordinary Time 12)
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Monday, June 13, 2022