Written in 1981; published on 9 October 2017; republished on 2 January 2019
- MY DESIGNER, a Poem by Alice B. Clagett
Dear Ones,
Here is a poem from my early years as a poet …
Image: “Divine Messenger,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Chaparral in Spring,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
MY DESIGNER
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
1981
The light of a thousand thousand suns cannot describe
that home from which I come
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and to which I go,
from which this worldly house is but
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one night’s lodging.
He who designed that home fashioned as well
. . . . the call of the sparrow,
. . . . the keen of the hawk,
. . . . the wind on which they ride
. . . . dewdrops, raindrops, rivers and seas
. . . . joy in the morning,
. . . . that sweet pain at the setting of the sun
. . . . rocks, and those which dwell therein,
. . . . amethysts, rubies, emeralds and pearls
. . . . all the green and growing things,
. . . . blood, bones, and the sparkling stream of thought
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .that moves them
And the very Designer who made all these
. . . . has made me so very rich, indeed
That all there was, and all there is,
. . . . and all there ever shall be
Abides right here, beneath my palm
. . . . in the very heart of hearts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of me.
Image: “Chaparral in Spring,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Divine Messenger,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
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–from Link: “My Designer,” a poem by Alice B. Clagett, published on 9 October 2017 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-7MX ..
Alice B. Clagett
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