Place of Prayer Translucent glass filters and fragments the morning sunlight into gentle pools that warm the stone a bowl of roses glows on the cool plane of the floor one poised flame animates the silence eyes hollowed from the clay with care gaze down on stillness passing perfect as the lily and the rose that it enfolds.
Tony Lucas is retired from parish ministry but continues work of editing and spiritual direction. His poetry has appeared widely, on both sides of the Atlantic, and past collections Rufus At Ocean Beach (Stride/Carmelyon) and Unsettled Accounts (Stairwell Books) remain available.
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