To Spread the Wing and Soar
Courage for the crisis comes from the commonplace.” —Di Murphy Like clogs upon the pinions of thy plan We hang—like captives on thy chariot-wheels, Who should climb up and ride with Death’s conqueror; Therefore thy train along the worlds’ highway...Sunshine and Daisies
Is the sun far from any smallest flower That lives by his dear presence every hour?” ‘Dear presence every hour’! What of the night, When crumpled daisies shut gold sadness in; And some do hang the head for lack of light, Sick almost unto death with...Vision of Wonder
I sit o’ercanopied with Beauty’s tent, Through which flies many a golden-winged dove, Well watched of Fancy’s tender eyes up bent; A hundred Powers wait on me, ministering; A thousand treasures Art and Knowledge bring; Will, Conscience, Reason tower the rest above;...K.C. IRETON
K.C. Ireton is a writer and teacher. The author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis, she lives near Seattle with her husband and four school-aged children. She is a lover of books, gardens, and tea. Also, Oxford commas.