#vespers - Hello Poetry

Grandfather’s Vespers His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk His coffee cup’s half-empty, what’s left’s gone cold His newspaper’s folded and set aside - In the evening light he doesn’t see so well Mist rises from the neighbor’s new-mown field Shy rabbits nibble along the old fence row Grandchildren escape from supper into the yard Chasing lightning bugs while Grandfather smokes His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk And so helps stabilize the universe

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Mar 21, 2017

Mar 21, 2017 at 3:54 PM UTC

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Grandfather's Vespers

Grandfather’s Vespers His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk His coffee cup’s half-empty, what’s left’s gone cold His newspaper’s folded and set aside - In the evening light he doesn’t see so well Mist rises from the neighbor’s new-mown field Shy rabbits nibble along the old fence row Grandchildren escape from supper into the yard Chasing lightning bugs while Grandfather smokes His rocking chair pendulums in the dusk And so helps stabilize the universe

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Lawrence Hall [email protected] https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com From Vespers to Compline this October Night How peaceful it is to sit outside In the cooling dusk as the stars appear In the healing dusk as the busy-ness fades Through unspoken Paters and Aves How peaceful it is to sit outside In the Vespers night of crickets’ hymns In the Compline night of one last prayer Whispered up to God through the dome of Heaven How peaceful it is to sit outside And be still

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Oct 9, 2021

Oct 9, 2021 at 7:19 AM UTC

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From Vespers to Compline this October Night

Lawrence Hall [email protected] https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com From Vespers to Compline this October Night How peaceful it is to sit outside In the cooling dusk as the stars appear In the healing dusk as the busy-ness fades Through unspoken Paters and Aves How peaceful it is to sit outside In the Vespers night of crickets’ hymns In the Compline night of one last prayer Whispered up to God through the dome of Heaven How peaceful it is to sit outside And be still

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Four Psalms to be Sung “Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung” -Saint Benedict Soft Vespers is the evening’s liturgical hour In the natural rhythm of each life A song of the ordered world now hymned into The verses of that Song He sings through us This hour is given to us when sunbeams slant Across the floor and up onto the Cross And there we leave the labors of our day Our works of hand and heart and mind and soul Eternal truths chanted by every tongue: “Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung” 1 1 Saint Benedict’s Rule, Ampleforth Abbey

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Jul 13, 2019

Jul 13, 2019 at 4:09 PM UTC

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Vespers - Four Psalms to be Sung

Four Psalms to be Sung “Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung” -Saint Benedict Soft Vespers is the evening’s liturgical hour In the natural rhythm of each life A song of the ordered world now hymned into The verses of that Song He sings through us This hour is given to us when sunbeams slant Across the floor and up onto the Cross And there we leave the labors of our day Our works of hand and heart and mind and soul Eternal truths chanted by every tongue: “Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung” 1 1 Saint Benedict’s Rule, Ampleforth Abbey

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