I wrote this poem in response to the wonderful food grown at Mountain View Farm in Easthampton, MA. For this December's distribution of our "community supported agriculture" share, they made it extra special with these luminaries!
Prayer in Winter
Luminous paper bags show the way
to parsnips, carrots, beets
summer radiance transformed
for sale at the farm stand.
May this food
shine through me
let my words light the path
for people trying to find
food on a cold night,
nothing but paper in their fists.
The horizon is heavy
the future is leaden
but still we push back
with our little lights.
with our little lights.
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