Topical Poems
Exploring Celtic Roots Pilgrimage
June 9-20, 2007


 

Wicklow Gap / Green, mystical/ winding, challenging, inviting/ God's great creation at hand/ peace. –Associate Nancy Van Anne

Granite / hollowed, hallowed / receiving, storing, giving / hallowed life bringing stone / deer-stone. –Mary Kelliher, BVM

Bus / efficient, quick, steady / rolling, tracking, tracing/ Tracing through thin places / time machine. –Mary Kelliher, BVM

Wind / Cool, Damp / Rises, carries, returns / mingling our communal prayer / Spirit. –Marge Clark, BVM

Celts / Wild, wise / Live, learn, love / stay close to creation / Ancestry. –Pat Bombard, BVM

Brigid / Woman, Goddess / Emerging, Subverting, Guiding / Calling us to wholeness / Hope. –Pat Bombard, BVM

Circle / Inclusive, infinite, / pulsing, growing, advancing / women's power simply drawn / spiral. –Ann Harrington, BVM

Brigid / Compassionate, inspiring / decided, led, unified / woman who sought equality / wholesome. –Marion Murphy, BVM

Woman / strong, faithful / pray, see, fix / faithful worker of miracles / Brigid. –Associate Tess Malumphy

Stones /Gray, worn, / remember, inspire, endure / centuries of prayer, conquest, conversion / Glendalough. –Judy Callahan, BVM

Roadway / Solid, narrow / Leads, changes, winds / Connecting to new experiences. Path. –Pat Nooney, BVM

Journey / contemplative, adventurous / Explore, trust, believe / be open to surprise / pilgrimage. –Gwen Farry, BVM

Bogland / absorbent, fertile / shaped, disturbed, privileged / hiding its depths, secrets / heartland. –Mary Alma Sullivan, BVM

Promontory / green, dangerous / nurturing, fracturing, honing / time's silent, indomitable space / vision. –Mary Alma Sullivan, BVM

Ireland,/ green, mysterious/ changing, delighting, holding, / Womb of our ancestors/ Eire. –Kathleen Conway, BVM


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