82 Intégrité: A Faith and Learning Journal
“A Parable” and Other Poems Todd Sukany A Parable
In spite of the rainbow and slight mist a lone cricket out of ten thousands seeks refuge from jumping into the wall but ends up crushed under a sneaker
Part of the Pattern “There are no creatures you cannot love.” —Tom Hennen
Tom Hennen knows that frogs talk to God. He’s sure they listen too. A sign on the highway labels this prairie as a preservation project for protection of the climate; their sure language calls to the deep reclamation within each of us. Shining insects and cottonwood leaves share secrets long past our ears, past the stars even. Hennen joins in, pens gems to help us be.
They Have Their Reward
Beginning before dawn and pressing into the darkness, the field follows a script. Weeds and flowers, separated, to the left and to the right. On the day after the weeds gathered themselves into tall stalks to honor the other stalks, a sea of lilies, like a garden of blood drops, bow low before an oven filled with unleavened bread.
