| Friend: | | | | comes of taking Communion. I did not say that |
| Let me explain this situation, for the hour of the | | | | inspiration also comes of prayer. But he knows things |
| morning is early. There is darkness, and it is quiet as I | | | | like that, I am sure, for he teaches in College. People |
| continue my work on the new poem. I've been thinking, | | | | who go to Church know things about prayer, that |
| and wishing, that a new poem would come to me, for | | | | some of those who don't get to do the work of |
| it is in the waiting that a premonition can be found for | | | | attending worship have missed. Ah, so it is. |
| the inspiration of a work. Even a short work like this | | | | The new poem, written in the wee hours of the |
| religious poem that expresses how the Spirit of the | | | | morning: |
| Lord is Upon me. | | | | Speak to my Heart |
| It was earlier in the day, considering that the hour of | | | | By Peter Menkin |
| the morning of the next day is here, so it was really | | | | January 25, 2010 |
| the evening of the day before, that I was telling a | | | | |
| friend that the spirit of God came upon the character | | | | I have waited on the Lord, |
| of the Bible with long, curly hair who said, The Spirit of | | | | In the stillness of my mind. |
| the Lord is Upon Me. His name escaped my friend. But | | | | In the music of a hymn, |
| you know who I mean. | | | | In a conversation with a friend. |
| Anyway, this Epiphany in the season of Epiphany | | | | |
| entered my mind and I became conscious of the | | | | It is in the loveliness of a flower, |
| words, which wrote themselves. So it seemed. So it | | | | And the color of the light of day |
| seems. It was earlier today I spoke via internet with a | | | | Lost in a prayer from the prayer book, |
| new friend about poetry, and the inspiration that | | | | I have waited on the Lord. |
| contemplation brings. I spoke about the inspiration that | | | | |