Listening Prayer Poem by Glen Kappy

Beautiful poem Glen. Listening is a prayer. You absorb more in silence than when you talk. As an artiste specially a dancer, we are trained to listening to the music and the rhythmic instruments so that our movements of dance synchronise with the music. As such we are able to express and emote better with Mudras or hand gestures. I have a poem named 'Mudras' published in Poem Hunter. Please read it when you have the time. My ear just like a pitcher plant! Lovely!

I like your prayer poems, Glens. You are uniting two archetypal experiences in poetry and prayer, because poetry is often the FORM, prayer the CONTENT. Most people probably consider listening a passive act but in your poem it is the most active, alert and engaged experience. I love the SLOW DESCENT of words, so that their meanings can unfold and be amplified in the reader/worshiper's heart - and mind. And the last two stanzas are especially powerful. The lesson taught is humility. The poet/worshiper admits without complaint how difficult the poetic process is, above all there are guarantees - EVEN THEN and IF AT ALL. If these events are tests, you passed them. If they are just random events, you've turned them into meaningful events of spiritual growth. And the simplicity of expression makes those last four lines of the highest eloquence.