URL: http://articles.faithwriters.com/reprint-article-details.php?article=9998

Summary:
Religious and spiritual poem about a woman's sense of sorrow at loss because of a failed marriage. A poem of repentence. Written by "Parish Poet" Peter Menkin who attends Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal) in Mill Valley, California. These words are part of the poem:

and reconciliation she
now acknowleges private sorrow,
wound of the wounded
self.
Abased, but dust and ashes.

The work written in 2002 is read by the aspiring poet, Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB (Benedictine) for posting on the internet.

Category: Article

Tags: sorrow, penance, repentance, divorce, Lent