The Fish

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This resource relating to Luke 5:1-11 provides a poem by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) highlighting a fish's futile attempts at escaping capture and a poem by A. E. Stallings highlighting the struggle between life and death.
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Englewood Review
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*** Narrative Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Luke 5:1-11 CLASSIC POEM: The Fish W.B. Yeats Although you hide in the ebb and flow Of the pale tide when the moon has set, The people of coming days will know About the casting out of my net, And how you have leaped times out of mind Over the little silver cords, And think that you were hard and unkind, And blame you with many bitter words. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Fishing A.E. Stallings SNIPPET: The two of them stood in the middle water, The current slipping away, quick and cold, The sun slow at his zenith, sweating gold, … [ READ THE FULL POEM ] <<<<<< PREV. POEM | NEXT POEM >>>>>> ADVERTISEMENT:
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W. B. Yeats
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A. E. Stallings
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Luke 5:1-11
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NL323 Fish for People
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025