Tonight I shall be gentle with me. I am not perfect, though I am wonderfully created. I follow scripture when I can. I read and retain A Course in Miracles. I aspire to be honest, trusting, transparent, faithful, and with courage. This is just the beginning for a child of God to aspire, as well, … Continue reading TRUST
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MY JOURNEY INTO THE NUPTIAL MYSTERY: THE HYPOSTATIC UNION FOR ESPOUSAL LOVE – ENCOUNTER WITH HOLINESS
John Gregory Evans © 2020, Boise, ID. The Beginning of Encounter My intimate personal story and experience born October 13th, 1954, only eleven short years after the horrific bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the hidden tortures of the Holocaust. Little did I know between 1959-1960 I would be moving to a small German village near … Continue reading MY JOURNEY INTO THE NUPTIAL MYSTERY: THE HYPOSTATIC UNION FOR ESPOUSAL LOVE – ENCOUNTER WITH HOLINESS
Reading Rilke’s Book of Hours Upon Awakening During an Early Morning Freeze
Your poetry begets music, but only to the poor. The poor hear each note of hunger upon their wanderings; whether city, or fields, or highways off the desert roads, the poor shall always hear these tattered tunes laying threadbare, frayed at the heel of existence. Your Russian journeys lead you to God, unbeknownst, an intimate … Continue reading Reading Rilke’s Book of Hours Upon Awakening During an Early Morning Freeze
Reading Rita Dove’s Boccaccio: The Plague Years
Each day, each night, upon the southern island that reaches out to the Gulf of Mexico, the clapboard beach houses raise their tunes of flying fish, slapping hard upon the water’s edge. I was two, perhaps, younger. My memory slips into a time of a golden astonishment, white sand that stings as a round, translucent … Continue reading Reading Rita Dove’s Boccaccio: The Plague Years
Reading Rita Dove at Sunrise
Pacing, as a hummingbird spins her wings and tiny frame, not frantic, but gracefully as Paavo Oso and his art, staring impassive to his muse, what shall ruminating speak this time? Seven A.M. The canvas still clean. Once upon a time… he felt the lascivious rage within his rags, threads reaching to the sky … Continue reading Reading Rita Dove at Sunrise
Reading Rita Dove at Midnight
Life, never what it appears to be unless one is a poet. I think of you, as I dig deeply into your metaphors, and the communities of the marginalized, the early morning freeze, deadens my fingertips upon this black, icy laptop, frozen as if dead. Your words, alive with the perfume of truth. I learn … Continue reading Reading Rita Dove at Midnight
Jeramiah
Jeramiah John Gregory Evans © 2020 Jeramiah, the fire within comets the skies of angels, and the interior realms where within – God resides. Monastery of the Angels, Greek Orthodox never loved so High. Like anthropology, I believe! Sixty miles out, the coolness of air, and of deep breaths, My unexpected and pleasing friend from … Continue reading Jeramiah
THE GREAT ERA OF A RABID IDEATION – AND THE NEWNESS OF HOPE
Thoughts destroy, they kill at the sound of your voice Through your sacred quest for your true Lover, our Beloved - I search upon this journey of time, my passion is only for The keeper of my soul. Presence eludes me, tentatively…I journey far and wide Until I learn He is with me, waiting for … Continue reading THE GREAT ERA OF A RABID IDEATION – AND THE NEWNESS OF HOPE
A Favorite Poem of Mine
I very fortunately had my manuscript edited by a PhD Poetic Scholar named Annie Finch where we worked for several months exchanging thoughts, ideas, and the art of language into a small book of poetic compositions, poems I had discerned the writing hereof from experiences from a Bavarian experience, life in the military, and a … Continue reading A Favorite Poem of Mine
Boat & Yacht Lofting: A Learning Essay
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 4:28 AM In 1967 I embraced a dream (I was just 13), to design, loft, construct, and finish a small 27 foot sailboat constructed of wood and specified hardware; rigging, sails, chain-plates, etc. all the hardware. I built my first boat at 15 or 16 (brain fog setting in), but it … Continue reading Boat & Yacht Lofting: A Learning Essay
Preferring Christ – The Rule of St Benedict & Divine Mercy Chaplet Heal the Heart & Soul Upon Dwelling in the Lord’s Tent
Preferring Christ - The Rule of St Benedict & Divine Mercy Chaplet Heal the Heart & Soul Upon Dwelling in the Lord's Tent Sunday, September 13, 2020 9:26 AM I have learned love with God and his people at the most intimate level. I feel touched, blessed, and holy upon such occurrences. Reading as the … Continue reading Preferring Christ – The Rule of St Benedict & Divine Mercy Chaplet Heal the Heart & Soul Upon Dwelling in the Lord’s Tent
A Strong Woman’s Voice – My Mother
A Strong Woman - My Mother Saturday, September 12, 2020 10:11 AM Sun-up, golden veins of a vertical wall shines on to the terrace, tall. So, what is going on this early morn. A strong woman's voice tells all. This woman, my mother who cared for a family Of six, and dogs, and cats, Of … Continue reading A Strong Woman’s Voice – My Mother
