I love reading poetry. I am a quote collector. I have the words of others in my journals, on post-it notes hanging on my walls. Powerful words inspire my own writing in my journal and beyond.
The following poem Plea by Frances Balter is a wonderful invitation, as Pat Schneider (author of How the Light Gets In: writing as a spiritual practice) says, “into they mystery of all that I do not understand.”
PLEA
Like the Navaho who sings
With the first light rays
Encouraging the arc of day,
I long to speak of light
So flagrant with color that
Beyond my valley of silence
My voice might be heard.
Teach me.
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