They who Kneel & Chant,
Prevail Passions to Control²
God grows Above – so those
Who Pray, Horizons must Ascend³
Go – who Causes a Fountain at thy
Prayer from the Dry ground to Spring⁴
I’m not actively Praying – I’ve become a Prayer⁵
Pray Working – Pray Learning, Planning, Doing –
Pray Creating, Teaching, Reaching – Pray to Focus
Thoughts, Still Fears, and Strengthen your Purpose⁶
Look into the fair & open Face of Heaven – Breath
A Prayer full in the smile of the Blue Firmament⁷
Whatever there is to be Prayed to: Hear Me⁸
Pronounce Amen through Choirs
Infolded to the Outmost Clouds⁹
Praying – Heaven is Opened¹⁰
¹ Michael Wasson, To Memorize the Continuous Lines of Your Bones
² Christopher Smart, Song to David
³ Emily Dickinson, My Period Had Come for Prayer
⁴ John Milton, Samson Agonistes
⁵ Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
⁶ Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
⁷ John Keats, Sonnet: “To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent”
⁸ Laura Hershey, Sending a Message
⁹ Wallace Stevens, The Comedian as the Letter C
¹⁰ Luke 3:21 (King James)