(Wendy Cabell, September 14, 2023, feast day of the (above) Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, the Lesna Icon of the Mother of God, Our Lady of Einsiendeln, Our Lady of Steinbach, and Blessed María López de Rivas Martínez (confidant of Saint Teresa of Avila; body incorrupt). On Jewish calendar today is the Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (3760 BC). Image from here.)
Minimal Requirements
(after Pope Francis*)
–Time: to care more, not less
–Space: an ocean’s plain –- for love
t o s w i m
a r o u n d
i n
–Magic: pearls –- from grit-glide-time
( as in lots and lots of time )
for star’s b l o o m
*Based on a quote from Pope Francis: “Love needs time and space; everything else is secondary.” (Author Laura Alary looks to a trio quite similar: time, space and room/receptivity.)
**From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by “homage to my hips” by Lucille Clifton (Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite Studio Time, September 14, 2023), Ana Blandiana’s “As if” (Lisa Freedman’s Type.Coalesce.Become,June 2, 2023), Ted Kooser’s “Pearl” (Marj Hahne’s Poem a la Mode ((IWWG Virtual Conference 2023), June 2, 2023 (near Our Lady of Bocco's feast)), and “blossoms at night” by Kobayashi Issa and “the old pond” by Matsuo Basho (Tresha Faye Haefner‘s Friday Editing class, The Poetry Salon, May 31, 2024).
