(Wendy Cabell, April 21, 2023, Orthodox Bright Friday, Rosh Chodesh (new moon) Iyar, and feast day of the Holy Infant of Good Health, the Life Giving Fountain (Spring) of the Mother of God, the Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev, Our Lady of the Rosary (Phillipines) and the Conceptionists. On Jewish calendar today is 16 Days to the Omer. Image from here (Akathist here too)
A current manifesto. Because I need it.
When hearts grow cold
(within or without) –- forgive.
When chaos swirls round
(within or without) -- look up.
When what is soft-warm-kind, is forgiving, is looking up,
is: attacked -- turn to Mary, She knows it all too well.
When anywhere Mary is remembered, revered –-
a Door!
*From prompt: Write free verse around a chosen experience, bring in senses, edit out the unnecessary and aim for fresh words/lines. From Carrie Voigt Schonhoff’s Unleash Your Inner Poet (Hope at Hand’s Jax Poetry Fest 2023).
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