Song to the Holy Spirit by James K. Baxter - Poem for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year A
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the Third Sunday in Easter, Year A can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Song to the Holy Spirit
James K. Baxter
SNIPPET:
Lord, Holy Spirit,
You blow like the wind in a thousand paddocks,
Inside and outside the fences,
You blow where you wish to blow.
James K. Baxter ( June 29, 1926 – October 22, 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture. He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures. He was a prolific writer who produced numerous poems, plays and articles in his short life, and was regarded as the preeminent writer of his generation. He suffered from alcoholism until the late 1950s. He converted to Catholicism and established a controversial commune at Jerusalem, New Zealand, in 1969. (via Wikipedia).