Comments on: Invitation to Poetry: Empty Chair

By: Invitation to Poetry: Rumpled Sheets | Abbey of the Arts

Invitation to Poetry: Rumpled Sheets | Abbey of the Arts — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:34:35 +0000

[...] party and you are invited to participate. This is my third installment, you can click to see the first and second ones. I shared the other day about the freedom a messy spirituality is inviting me [...]

By: Invitation to Poetry: Freedom | Abbey of the Arts

Invitation to Poetry: Freedom | Abbey of the Arts — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:54:57 +0000

[...] had such fun with my first Invitation to Poetry posted a couple of weeks ago and loved reading all of your contributions so here is another [...]

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:24:33 +0000

“You must sit down, said Love,
And taste my meat.
So I did sit and eat”

George Herbert Love iii

By: Bette

Bette — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:59:39 +0000

thank you for the beautiful and inspirational photo!

here’s a haiku:

a cicada’s trill
swirls through the filigree
iron parlor chair

b’oki.
(Bette Norcross Wappner)

By: Picking Blackberries | Abbey of the Arts

Picking Blackberries | Abbey of the Arts — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:46:41 +0000

[...] sure to scroll down and read the latest additions to the Empty Chair [...]

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:38:07 +0000

Here’s my blog; hope it doesn’t come across as too extremely “poor me.” I also wasn’t sure if this template supported html, so I’m not coding the link:

http://thisfarbyfaith.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-far-by-faith-empty-chair.html

By: Lorna (see-through faith)

Lorna (see-through faith) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:16:38 +0000

waiting
for you to join me
longing
for your presence
why
do you tarry
why
do you pass me by
Here I am
waiting

By: Linger a While | Abbey of the Arts

Linger a While | Abbey of the Arts — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:41:34 +0000

[...] than writing a new post today and burying the Invitation to Poetry I posted on Monday, I invite you to scroll down or click here and re-visit that post with the [...]

By: SingingOwl

SingingOwl — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:27:00 +0000

Vacation Day

Sunrise is shining
Across our floor,
Coffee is steaming
In your favorite cup.
Wake up!

Your chair awaits,
Come start the day,
With muffins and me,
Let’s plan, let’s play!
Wake up!

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:58:08 +0000

Grief sometimes comes in empty chairs
or empty stares
and sometimes whispers
“why weren’t you there?
i needed you…”

Patience sometimes builds with empty chairs
and empty stares
and sometimes we wait
for love to come say,
“thanks… for waiting
and believing in me…”

The loneliness in empty chairs
and empty stares
forgotten dates
and poignant waits
is do-able
bear-able
Yes. It really is…

God’s unseen Body sits across
in that empty chair
and loves
and listens
and waits
until we stop
to hear Him

Deb Vaughn