As I got ready for church this morning - I was delighted to hear our UCCan Moderator - Right Rev. Gary Paterson - on the radio, in discussion with Michael Enright.  I learned about his personal love of poetry - so I share it here with you ... starts at about the 4min49 sec mark on the clip. 

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2450073032  

Do you read any poety?  Have any committed to memory?  

All my life (or ok for years then) I have been quoting what I thought was the rubiat of omar kyam (sp)...

This enining I went on line to see if I had it accuratly...and found I weas quoting about 5%

of that almost never-ending poem! Wow! Just a shard for no reason at all:

Poetry that really says it all : beautiful, inclusive and profound:

Well, it's short and perhaps that's the best you can say about it.

Wandering the deep time

I saw the light of God explode forth

Rays of holy energy permeating me

Filling me, the Cosmos, with God’s Power

God’s Word

God’s Will

God’s Love

And I danced among the stars,

Singing the praises of the Most High

Who had lifted me to Heaven

And filled me with Holy Light.

Amen

I really do not spend enough time on Youtube I guess. I have made the wonderful discovery that there are poetry videos there. It began when Elanorgold favorited this video:

Think of water

Falling as rain

Bubbling up from springs

Running down as streams and creeks

Until they meet in the larger flow of a river.

Think of a River;

Water flowing;

Carrying silt and debris

From all the places it has touched.

From all the streams and creeks that have fed it

Think of the ocean

Receiving the water and all that it carries

From all the rivers

From all the streams

We have people visit the cafe, after receiving a sudden shock having lost someone or something. 

Whether it be a life taken unexpectedly or someone facing a serious illness....a job lost or a relationship broken,....we often walk together in this stages.

Yet, we aren't always here, nor do people always wish to communicate.