God
pours light
into every cup,
quenching darkness.
The proudly pious
stuff their cups with parchment
and critique the taste of ink
while God pours light
and the trees lift their limbs
without worry of redemption,
every blossom a chalice.
Hafiz, seduce those withered souls
with words that wet their parched lips
as light
pours like rain
into every empty cup
set adrift on the Infinite Ocean.
~ Hafiz
Art by Claire Beynon
I want to introduce you to artist Claire Beynon who lives and works in Dunedin, New Zealand. Her art work, her poems and her writing never fail to uplift and inspire me.
Her blog is called All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude, from the poem by Theodore Roethke. Here’s a luminous 43-second sample:
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All finite things reveal infinitude:
the mountain
with its singular bright shadelike the blue shine
on the freshly frozen snow,the after-light
upon ice-burdened pines;odor of basswood
upon a mountain slope,a scene beloved
of bees; silence of water…~ Theodore Roethke
Claire’s bog: http://icelines.blogspot.com/
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this unlit light 