Search Lincoln Cannon Menu
Lincoln Cannon

Thanks for visiting!

Light

21 November 2018

Listen to recording

Light

This is a poem that I wrote while I was serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southern France around 1995. The poem is a sonnet in iambic pentameter. Each couplet is associated with a color of the rainbow. And there are both obvious and subtle allusions to scripture.

An apple stains the hands and wine the breath
betrayed by blood for pottage and a horse.
“Come home I love you, fire lights the course
and smoke the trials”: Stumble-blind from death.

A lemon orb abreast familiar earth
illuminates the flavor of remorse;
yet verdant hills in peace endow the force
of life restoring love, endear the dearth.

Emerging, once immersed in thunder-highs,
to pure reflection of the heavens and
be indigoed; the spirit testifies
that good becomes reality again.
The summit sets, the stars and moon defies;
at last remains the light without an end.

If you like these thoughts, you might also like “If You Could Hie to Kolo (Endless Version)” and “Practicing Atonement.”

Thanks for reading! If you've found value here and would like to support my work, you can do that in at least three ways:

  1. Comment Thoughtfully Below
  2. Share This Article on Social Media
  3. Make a Donation

Comments