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Category Archives: poetry
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Quod Erat Demonstrandum This is how it works. After a long indwelling, shape awareness comes— kenning what must be the shape of the solution, if any exists. Once that shape is felt, reason, a sculptor’s chisel, frees the shape from … Continue reading
To Hear the Falconer
My father, Howard Webber, has published a long-awaited book: To Hear the Falconer: Song and Prophecy for the Time of War, Want, and Warming. It is an epic poem—song, prophecy, and prayer—crafted using many scriptural quotations and allusions. I remember … Continue reading
Animals’ Meditation on Psalm 83
Animals’ Meditation on Psalm 83 O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! Even now your enemies are in tumult; those who hate you have raised their heads. They lay crafty plans … Continue reading
Junior Faculty
It’s back-to-school time, so here’s a lesson about teaching that I learned from a dear colleague in 1994, my first year as a professor. It’s expressed here as a sonnet, entirely in words of one syllable. Junior Faculty Once, in … Continue reading
Beach Training
Every summer for the last eleven years I have hosted a Karatedo Doshinkan special training on beaches of Lake Michigan. This year it isn’t going to happen: I’m just too busy finishing at my seminary and preparing (I think) for … Continue reading
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Arrow Prayer
Arrow Prayer With my eyes fixed on the finish line I crouch in the starting blocks. I breathe deeply once, then wind the inner spring tightly. I flex and relax in quick restless ripples. I am an arrow, I tell … Continue reading
On Not Having Heard From God Recently
On Not Having Heard From God Recently I think that if I were King, I’d want a captain who doesn’t keep asking, What should I do now? I’d want an agent who knows what I want, and does it, and … Continue reading
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Prayer for Children Going to School
Prayer for Children Going to School I saw them waiting in line, four children, early in the morning, backpacks ready and full. I saw the yellow bus take them away. And I rode with them in thought to the place … Continue reading
Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics At the intersection of two country roads a yellow light flashes slowly. I pull over— unnecessarily— hours pass here, this late at night, with no car from any direction. The light flashes, once every two seconds, and it … Continue reading
Songs of Creation
Back in 2008 I made a pilgrimage to Iona. Among the books I read in preparation was J. Philip Newell’s The Book of Creation: An Introduction to Celtic Spirituality—still one of my favorites of Newell’s many good books. The trip … Continue reading
