i.
no anxiety
when barrel-rolling in flight
over bogachiel
ii.
unseen guardian
heard among sitka spruce
following our path
iii.
katanoeo
study with intensity
Christ’s corvus corax
iv.
hand-crafted in clay
birthed in crucible of kiln
take flight heart to heart
v.
when you came to church
perched there in the alder tree
my soul exalted
Notes:
bogachiel–name of a mountain in Olympic National Park where we witnessed ravens barrel-rolling;
katanoeo–verb used by Jesus in Luke 12:24, meaning “study with intensity”, to “consider” the ravens
corvus corax–Latin for Common Raven