Comments on: Invitation to Poetry: and a donkey shall lead them http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:41:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deb http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17297 Deb Sat, 17 May 2008 13:54:14 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17297 My first line is missing... just wanted you to know. :) But it is only STUFF so it's OK. :) d My first line is missing… just wanted you to know. :) But it is only STUFF so it’s OK. :)
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]]> By: Mavis http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17268 Mavis Fri, 16 May 2008 23:13:04 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17268 Watchful strong Spirit in you we trust You live among us knowing us and knowing our ways Our need for food and nurture Our needs for space and closeness Our individuality and our collective identity Lead us in our everyday routines and beyond the bounds of our paddock Secure in our knowledge of your care Free in our knowledge of your love Enlivened by your presence among us Amen Watchful strong Spirit
in you we trust

You live among us
knowing us and knowing our ways
Our need for food and nurture
Our needs for space and closeness
Our individuality and our collective identity

Lead us in our everyday routines
and beyond the bounds of our paddock
Secure in our knowledge of your care
Free in our knowledge of your love
Enlivened by your presence among us

Amen

]]> By: Tandaina http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17247 Tandaina Fri, 16 May 2008 12:36:39 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17247 A late entry from me. <a href="http://snowonroses.blogspot.com/2008/05/poem-lead-them.html" rel="nofollow">Lead them?</a> Who, am I? Not, what I dreamed A race against the green hills on long, flashing legs power, and speed. Or a studied, dignified walk, in rolling pastures with staff, and dog at whistle, musing over a little book of poetry as white clouds grazed aground my feet. Instead, here I am. Battered, and a little sore. Neither glossy polished race horse, nor idyllic shepherdess on the green. Just me, a little battered, and so very grey. No races here, no daydreams of these silly, scattered sheep, only safety and our next meal and a longing, longing for the shepherd's call. A late entry from me.
Lead them?
Who, am I?
Not, what I
dreamed
A race against
the green hills
on long, flashing legs
power, and speed.
Or a studied, dignified
walk, in rolling pastures
with staff, and dog
at whistle, musing
over a little book of poetry
as white clouds
grazed aground
my feet.
Instead,
here I am.
Battered, and a little sore.
Neither glossy polished
race horse,
nor idyllic shepherdess
on the green. Just me,
a little battered,
and so very grey.
No races here, no daydreams
of these silly, scattered
sheep, only safety
and our next meal
and a longing, longing
for the shepherd’s call.

]]> By: Mary Beth http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17205 Mary Beth Thu, 15 May 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17205 Here's my try! Thanks, Christine! Just one of me so many of you still you let me walk alongside I am glad for the company. We are all the same, and somehow not I am very much bigger louder when I talk I only want to walk in the middle one day to be a part of to blend in with the group. Here’s my try! Thanks, Christine!

Just one of me

so many of you

still you let me walk alongside

I am glad for the company.

We are all the same,

and somehow not

I am very much bigger

louder when I talk

I only want

to walk in the middle

one day to be a part of

to blend in with the group.

]]> By: Deb http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17191 Deb Thu, 15 May 2008 14:11:54 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17191 I posted my poem <a href="http://vaughnblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-party-18-and-donkey-shall-lead.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Deb An Unfinished Symphony I posted my poem here.

Deb
An Unfinished Symphony

]]> By: Anne Sims http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17142 Anne Sims Wed, 14 May 2008 15:05:15 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17142 She's not an ugly duckling, not exactly. Knobby knees and short grey fur, tall, with big ears and a braying laugh-- She just doesn't (quite) seem to fit in with the sheep. She's not a misfit, not exactly. Long legs for speed, relatively speaking, a big body and bigger voice, She doesn't fit, she leads. An ungainly gift, a reminder that we don't always see with perfect clarity. And where we wonder, we can grow. I wonder what she thinks about living with all those sheep? She’s not an ugly duckling,
not exactly.
Knobby knees and short grey fur,
tall, with big ears and a braying laugh–
She just doesn’t (quite) seem to fit in with the sheep.

She’s not a misfit,
not exactly.
Long legs for speed, relatively speaking,
a big body and bigger voice,
She doesn’t fit, she leads.

An ungainly gift,
a reminder that we don’t always see with perfect clarity.
And where we wonder, we can grow.
I wonder what she thinks
about living with all those sheep?

]]> By: sally http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17136 sally Wed, 14 May 2008 09:39:37 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17136 As a strange, gentle protector, she comes among us. and we are mostly unawre of her power to protect for she lives and eats and breathes so naturally alongside us, one of us given for us... As a
strange,
gentle protector,
she comes
among us.
and we are
mostly unawre
of her power
to protect
for she lives
and eats
and breathes
so naturally
alongside us,
one of us
given for us…

]]> By: Leah http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17126 Leah Wed, 14 May 2008 04:08:31 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17126 here's mine for this time: http://thisfarbyfaith.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-party-18.html thanks, christine! here’s mine for this time:

http://thisfarbyfaith.blogspot.com/2008/05/poetry-party-18.html

thanks, christine!

]]> By: Tom Delmore http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17122 Tom Delmore Wed, 14 May 2008 02:23:56 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17122 This donkey has history, from fable to savior this creature was there. It carried but did not lead. It was carried and that looked ridiculous. Like an important piece in a play but never sure where to be placed. I fear the papparotizzi caught the donkey in a moment that should not have been photographed. The caption read: the blind leading the blind. This donkey has history, from fable to savior this creature was there. It carried but did not lead. It was carried and that looked ridiculous. Like an important piece in a play but never sure where to be placed.
I fear the papparotizzi caught the donkey in a moment that should not have been photographed. The caption read: the blind leading the blind.

]]> By: Tess http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/comment-page-1/#comment-17104 Tess Tue, 13 May 2008 15:51:35 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2008/05/12/invitation-to-poetry-and-a-donkey-shall-lead-them/#comment-17104 Dear Donkey, this is not a poem because one will not come to me. But I wanted you to know that I love your steady gait, your stubbornness and your velvet nose. Dear Donkey, this is not a poem because one will not come to me. But I wanted you to know that I love your steady gait, your stubbornness and your velvet nose.

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