The risks of cracking ajar the teeth,
loosing the tongue of fire fanned by vague spirits,
unstopping the ears, allowing the world
to pound its wares upon its drums
outweighed in an instant by the shriek
of an eagle drafting the turtle dove,
the astonished and astonishing laughter of the child.
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, 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. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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