Up the Mountain by Patty Griffin - Poem for Transfiguration Sunday, 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 Transfiguration Sunday, Year A can be found here)

This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week,  Exodus 24:12-18

CONTEMPORARY POEM:

Up the Mountain

Patty Griffin

SNIPPET:

I went up to the mountain

Because you asked me to

Up over the clouds

To where the sky was blue

I could see all around me

Everywhere

I could see all around me

Everywhere

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LISTEN TO THE FULL SONG:

Up the Mountain by Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin (born March 16, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.  She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Kelly Clarkson, Rory Block, Dave Hause, Sugarland, Bette Midler and The Chicks. (via Wikipedia)