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Poetic Thoughts - Visiting St. Francis - by C.W. Pruitt II
posted: Jan. 19, 2018

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Below is a poem about St. Francis of Assisi. His love of humans and animals is legendary and his commitment to voluntary poverty makes him a saint amongst saints.

Visiting St. Francis

When I want
to commune
with nature
I like to
visit Francesco.

I strip naked
and put on
my coarse hemp robe.
My bare feet
belie the very purity
which exudes
from his presence.

I often find him
leaning under a tree
and petting a squirrel
(as if it were
a cat or a small dog.)

He speaks softly and gently
words of Loving kindness
from the most high God.

My tears drip to my feet.

C.W. Pruitt II
June 2017


cw@broadripplegazette.com
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