Chris McDonnell, UK
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October 4, 2019

The poetry of prayer

"Read poems as prayers"

wrote Heaney.

Take words set to music

and send them singing

into the starlit sky of night.

Greet the breaking orange dawn

with open wonder and respect.

Touch strangers with your kindness

or reach out to friends

that they might share your pain.

Read those many songs of solitude

and encourage others in their pilgrimage

to do the same

Seamus Heaney

STATION ISLAND XI

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