line and letter lettuce poetry by H.S. Mozolak

Friday, October 18, 2013

blessing
Harvey S. Mozolak

the blessing
wrestling
Jacobean-style
face to face
precipice to precipice
nailing down God
with hammer holds
struggling
to end the eternal
why
have you forsaken?
there held
in the stopped hands
of time
pinned by God
the blessing
limping away from the wood socket
wearing the life preserver

Lectionary 29
Genesis 32. 22-31

No comments:

Post a Comment

comments and use of material

Comments on the poems are welcomed. They are helpful in the sense that criticism can weed the garden by pruning out misspellings, grammatical and factual errors. I am open to suggestions for tightening the tension a line or verse might need. And beyond aiding with the editing, it is pleasing and sometimes surprising for this poet to know which words and phrases, ideas and images others find lasting or well-turned from the earth of our ordinary words. Thank you advance for your responses.

All poems and photographs are copyrighted material. Please ask for permission to share them on line, in print and any other manner. You may make such requests by emailing me at the address found on this page under "about me" and then clicking on "complete profile" or you may as part of a comment, leave your email address for me get back to you on your request. Thanks for your respect and courtesy in this matter.

some biographical information

Pastor H.S. Mozolak lives in the Lake Norman area just north of Charlotte, NC. A member of the clergy of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), he received his B.A. from Concordia Senior College of Ft. Wayne, IN in 1965 and both the B.D. and M.Div. from Concordia Theological Seminary in 1969 and 1974. He has served parishes in Antwerp and Oberlin, Ohio and also in the Chicago suburb of Evergreen Park. He is the recently retired Pastor Emeritus of St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Scott Township, PA. He writes largely in the areas of liturgy, religious drama and poetry. Writing verse has been a part of his almost daily routine since early high school. In 2024 he began his 29th volume. The total output of poems now numbers over 4000. Liturgical writings include a full pericopal set of Eucharistic Prayers, poetry for the three year lectionary, offertory and post-communion prayers, several prayer volumes including A Palette of Cries and Prayerphrases and Javelins. He has authored a set of children's stories, Tales from the Slovak Within. He may be contacted using the email link above under "About Me-- View Complete Profile-- Contact Me" or by mail at 14917 Almondell Drive, Huntersville, NC, 28078.