Engaging the imagination is key to Marlene’s poetry. It will engage your imagination too.
Her poetry is accessible, integrated and without a wasted word.
becoming
The slow plough has exposed
and plumped the soil.
The sun gentles the surface.
It is time to imagine
the greening, soft hopefulness
pushing through.
I am willing to wait
to feel the first movement of earth,
the subtle threading of roots
changing the deep story.
‘Becoming’ is from Grace upon Grace: Savouring the Spiritual Exercises through the Arts
Penguins at the Edge
“For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.”
– Thomas Merton. No Man Is an Island