Anthony

Saint Anthony of Padua

converted privilege
to patronage of the poor
my mother’s best friend

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Sant’Antonio di Padova

privilegio convertito
al patrocinio dei poveri
migliore amica di mamma

Winter Woods

 

“Sunset in a Winter Wood” by Trudi Doyle

 

 

a quiet cathedral

walk in worship

along serene

snow-padded paths

among reverent

supplicant pines

breathe of rich

earthen incense

share gentle prayer

with its peaceable

creatures the wolf

and the moose

in their genuflect

moments raise

eyes to esteem

a cerulean sky

through the lean

latticed fingers

of white birch and

sycamore hear of

soft whispering

psalms on the

baldachin breeze

as it ruffles the

canopy cloth this

is heaven on earth

to be sure and

whatever one’s faith

it can’t fail to

instill veneration

 

 

From my book Onionskin