Unknown Letter

"But Jesus bent over

and wrote with his finger

on the earth

and again bent over

and wrote on the earth...."

Tadeusz Rozewics

The Donkey

When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born;

Salome

"...And then, Salome! Still a child (a child!)
She drinks the potion, horrible, defiled,
That summons up dark vengeance and the sword...."

Mikola Zerov

Adoro Te

Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore,
Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more,
See, Lord, at Thy service low lies here a heart
Lost, all lost in wonder at the God thou art.

Like the Samaritan Woman

"Lord, won't you come and quietly speak
as if asking me for one cup of water first
like you did the Samaritan woman who came
to draw water out Jacob's Well?
You know that since I'm a sinner
I lack courage----"

Hae-In Lee

Mysterious Wealth

"Feeling today like the Prodigal Son
just arrived back in his father's arms,
I observe the world and all it contains..."

Ku Sang

In My Father's House

"Friday mornings, while challah rises,
I walk to shul to practice desert prayers...."

Dewitt Clinton