Moses by Madeleine L’Engle - Poem for the Third Sunday in Lent, 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 Lent, Year A can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, Exodus 17:1-7
Moses
Madeleine L’Engle
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SNIPPET:
Stop. I’m thirsty.
Drink water from this rock.
But the rock moves on before us.
Go with it and drink.
I’m tired. Can’t you stop for a while?
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Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science. (via Wikipedia).