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Dreaming of Stones
Christine Valters Paintner
其他書名
Poems
出版
Paraclete Press
, 2019
主題
Poetry / General
Poetry / American / General
Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Places
Religion / Christian Living / Inspirational
Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts
ISBN
1640601082
9781640601086
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=g0FsvQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The poems in
Dreaming of Stones
are about what endures: hope and desire, changing seasons, wild places, love, and the wisdom of mystics. Inspired by the poet's time living in Ireland these readings invite you into deeper ways of seeing the world. They have an incantational quality. Drawing on her commitment as a Benedictine oblate, the poems arise out of a practice of sitting in silence and
lectio divina
, in which life becomes the holy text.
No stranger to poetry, Paintner's bestselling spirituality titles have often included poems. In this first exclusively poetic collection, she writes with a contemplative heart about kinship with nature, ancestral connections, intimacy, the landscape, the unfolding nature of time, and Christian mystics. It can be read for reflection to spark the heart and to offer solace and inspiration in difficult times.
Breath
This
breathing
in is a miracle,
this breathing out, release,
this breathing in a welcome to
the unseen gifts which sustain me each
moment, this breathing out a sweet sigh,
a bow to my mortality, this breathing in
a holy yes to life, this breathing out
a sacred no to all that causes
me to clench and grasp,
this breathing in is a
revelation, this
breathing out,
freedom.