by
Luci Shaw
Blue homespun and the bend of my breast
keep warm this small hot naked star
fallen to my arms. (Rest…
you who have had so far to come.)
Now nearness satisfies
the body of God sweetly. Quiet he lies
whose vigor hurled a universe. He sleeps
whose eyelids have not closed before.
...read the rest here at
Google books. This poem is in the book
Accompanied by Angels: Poems of the Incarnation (Eerdman's 2006), which is a collection of her Advent poems that she has included in Christmas cards over the years. This poem has been put to music by Knut Nystedt and is sung by the Electra Choir of Vancover on the CD
Child of Grace. What I love about this poem is that it brings me right into the room with Mary, and makes the miracle of Christmas real in the gut.
Enjoy more poetry this weekend at the round up at
jama rattigan's alphabet soup.
12 comments:
Oh, this poem is gorgeous, one of my favorites.
Lovely.
I love Luci Shaw. Thanks for this.
Luci Shaw is new to me. "Mary's Song" blows me away. WOW! SO beautiful.
This is so beautiful. It truly captures the wonder of God With Us. Blessings in this season. And thanks for introducing me to this.
You're right. This poem makes the miracle even more real!
Note to self: Look up more from this Luci Shaw. Thanks for sharing. Never thought of writing Biblical poetry. What a cool idea.
He sleeps
whose eyelids have not closed before.
Oh my. :>) Thanks for this one.
Oh, that is beautiful!
I love this poem. Thank you for reminding me of it.
P.S. Luci and I used to attend the same church; she is a lovely lovely person.
Suzanne I remember you told me that before and I have often enjoyed Luci's poetry on your blog. I was thinking of you when I posted this! She is friends with my parents and in high school she read some of my poetry and gave me good, helpful advice. She really is a lovely person!
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