Literature Project #35 Allen De Loach 'Connections'

35 days into my year long daily Literature project. My most treasured book of poetry is a small volume entitled 'A Merton Concelebration' (published by Ave Maria Press. editor Deba Patnaik in 1981). The book contains tributes from friends of the poet-monk Thomas Merton, I am sure I shall mine 'A Merton Concelebration' again in this project.

Today's quotation is from a beautiful poem by Allen De Loach entitled 'Connections':

"Solitude—the hermitage—
waking 3:15 a.m.
A thick ceramic mug, glazed
(no razor thin china)
and hot coffee meandering to the belly
—a wordless prayer—
robust happiness into perceptions."

[Casablanca]

What a delightful poem and a lovely low key image with it.

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

@casablanca Thank you. This is only a very small extract from the poem which in the book covers 4 pages but it is a delight to read and think about.

[Dave]

Wonderful lighting

[Kathy]

The light and dark play together well in this photo.