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Poem: “On Calling Out and Hoping God Will Answer”

On Calling Out and Hoping God Will Answer

 

Love breaks

open

like a beak –

half up, half down

:

and from the wings

of a throat

erupts

a cry.

 

Mary Harwell Sayler


Mary Harwell Sayler is a lifelong lover of Christ, the Bible, the Church, prayer, and poetry. Her published works include hundreds of poems and 27 books in all genres. She discusses poetry forms and techniques on the Poetry Editor & Poetry blog.