Sparrow, shopping

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

Browsing the shiny cellophaned produce section,
soaring over fields of grain on the
updraft of the bread ovens.

Sealed in our tin cans,
concentrated and reduced,
we must be such a disappointment to you.

About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is a priest and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. She serves an Episcopal church just outside Cleveland. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing (Upper Room Books, 2020). She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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1 Response to Sparrow, shopping

  1. Rosalind Hughes says:
    June 21, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    Reblogged this on over the water and commented:

    In honour of tomorrow’s sparrows (Year A Proper 7; Matthew 10).

    Reply

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