ekphrases on English walks
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.
- R.S. Thomas
You had me at ‘lace of cow-parsley.’
What a good poem for the soul and what a good poem it is to run over my tongue and read it aloud.
Lovely.
Love the music of this.
This is beautiful!
Very sweet.
It’s so beautiful! Soli Deo Gloria!!!
I love the lilt of this poem! Thank you for this lovely walk.
There is so much joy in noticing all this prodigal loveliness! Thank you.
I am fanatically and chthonically Canadian but I freely admit that the most profound experience of nature I've ever had was in the English countryside, and this poem put me back there. Looking very much forward to more in the series!
I liked this the first time I read it, and I like it the second time reading it. Looking forward to this series!
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.
- R.S. Thomas
You had me at ‘lace of cow-parsley.’
What a good poem for the soul and what a good poem it is to run over my tongue and read it aloud.
Lovely.
Love the music of this.
This is beautiful!
Lovely.
Very sweet.
It’s so beautiful! Soli Deo Gloria!!!
I love the lilt of this poem! Thank you for this lovely walk.
There is so much joy in noticing all this prodigal loveliness! Thank you.
I am fanatically and chthonically Canadian but I freely admit that the most profound experience of nature I've ever had was in the English countryside, and this poem put me back there. Looking very much forward to more in the series!
I liked this the first time I read it, and I like it the second time reading it. Looking forward to this series!