Theme “Nature”

Sorry from A-Z

By Rev. Clifford Reed

With thanks to Gary Kowalski



We mourn for the Earth and its lost creatures,
and we are sorry from A to Z –
for Atlas Bears, Arabian Ostriches, and Ascension Island Rails;
for Big-eared Hopping Mice, Bush Wrens, and Broad-faced Potoroos;
for Caribbean Monk Seals, Chatham Island Penguins, Cuban Red Macaws,
and Carolina Parakeets;
for Dodos,

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The pearl

By Rev. Linda Haggerstone

I stand here before the ancestors, 
Empty and hollow 
And open to the waves. 
I am a shell awaiting the bright 
Sunlight to warm me, 
The black sea to fill me. 
 
Deep within, a grain of sand so sharp 
And fine comes to rest, 
While each day, on this shore, 
The sun kindles the

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Inner peace

By Naomi Linnel

Let us be quiet in our hearts as is… 
The still cormorant watching from the sunlit rock, 
The tranquil sea fret stealing over the water, 
The gentle wave caressing the shingle, 
The sea campion motionless in her gown of white. 
 
For these are the mute harbingers of a loving God… 
And the promise of

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