Poem for Today ~ Bread and Wine by Countee Cullen

Bread and Wine Countee Cullen From death of star to new star's birth,     This ache of limb, this throb of head, This sweaty shop, this smell of earth,     For this we pray, "Give daily bread." Then tenuous with dreams the night,     The feel of soft brown hands in mine, … Continue reading Poem for Today ~ Bread and Wine by Countee Cullen

Thinking Out Loud ~ A Lesson from Aesop’s Fables about Consequences

Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Aesop’s Fable, The Mistress and Her Servants. Aesop’s Fables is available for free download here. The Fable “A Widow, thrifty and industrious, had two servants, whom she kept pretty hard at work. They were not allowed to lie long abed in the mornings, but the old lady had … Continue reading Thinking Out Loud ~ A Lesson from Aesop’s Fables about Consequences