{"id":7335,"date":"2019-04-25T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2021-04-22T21:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:56:28","slug":"thank-you-for-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/04\/25\/thank-you-for-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you. For dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n(Photo: Albert Goedkoop)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Easter blessings to you all. <\/p>\n

In light of the resurrection, here’s a different take on the word, “dust”.
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A poem: Dusting<\/h3>\n

by Marilyn Nelson, 1946<\/em><\/p>\n

 
\nThank you for these tiny
\nparticles of ocean salt,
\npearl-necklace viruses,
\nwinged protozoans:
\nfor the infinite,
\nintricate shapes
\nof submicroscopic
\nliving things.<\/p>\n

For algae spores
\nand fungus spores,
\nbonded by vital
\nmutual genetic cooperation,
\nspreading their
\ninseparable lives
\nfrom equator to pole.<\/p>\n

My hand, my arm,
\nmake sweeping circles.
\nDust climbs the ladder of light.
\nFor this infernal, endless chore,
\nfor these eternal seeds of rain:
\nThank you. For dust.
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source: www.poets.org<\/a>
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Extras<\/strong>
\nArticle: The Science of dust, Picasso’s favourite phenomenon<\/a><\/p>\n