The Feast of St. Francis

Sisters of St. Francis of the Neuman Community

from "Canticle of the Sun," by St. Francis of Assisi: "Be praised, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air, and clouds and storms, and all the weather, through which you give your creatures sustenance."

Bird-song rises 

in clear, liquid waves

as golden leaves arc

twisting

to the ground.

Heavy gold

must fall.

October heat

gives way 

to winter rain,

yet inevitably life flows

like the breeze

rising from the broad sea

to the high Sierra;

grey clouds rise

and heavy snow falls.

All the living waters

give praise.

(10/4/2013 - 10/29/2017)