Seven Small Experiments with Language and Faith

10 Jun 2021 | by Dana Littlepage Smith

Poem by Dana Littlepage Smith

'Omega and Alpha sit squat on Skull Hill. As Christ dies, the dark nightof language splits like a fig.' | Photo: by Tijana Drndarski on Unsplash

For Brian Ashley of Shetland Meeting, who calls for a generosity of spirit to embrace diverse ways of expressing our experience (Letters, 28 May).

1. Omega and Alpha sit squat on Skull Hill.
As Christ dies, the dark night
of language splits like a fig.
Faith, like dawn’s yolk gutters
gold across unspoken horizons.

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