”Seeking God cannot be by way of merely negating finite being; it must be by way of the surpluses of finite being.” Desmond, G&B 45
A gull tiptoes in
the mud of low tide, keening.
The day, overcast
and hot, itself seems
to keen in concert with it.
I wade in and feel
the cold mud between
my toes. The keen joy of some-
thing elemental.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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