{"id":1465,"date":"2009-12-12T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/12\/universal-sparrow\/"},"modified":"2009-12-12T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T17:36:00","slug":"universal-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/12\/universal-sparrow.html","title":{"rendered":"Universal Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Universal Sparrow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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I saw the whole world<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
in a brown sparrow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
This lonely bird held<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
all joy and sorrow,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
love, hope and loss<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
as he perched on the cross<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
beams of a lamp post<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
in the road. Then a host<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
of his fellows flew<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
and he was gone\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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a universe with wings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
lost in a crowded afternoon.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This is one of the poems in my collection, A Sudden Certainty \u2014 Priest Poems<\/i>. Why not click on the link in the right sidebar to pop over to my website and buy some copies?<\/span>

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\u00a0They make perfect Christmas presents. The poems are accessible and like this one, are not explicitly \u2018religious\u2019. Instead they convey a sacramental vision of the world in little glimpses.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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