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Christian : Catholic
20th Century

About Thomas Merton

Timeline (1915 - 1968)

 Thomas Merton, Thomas Merton poetry, Christian, Christian poetry, Catholic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

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Original Language
English
Stranger

Themes
  Birds
  Bower
  Dawn
  Silence
  Sound

 

Recommended Books

The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton, by Thomas Merton
Selected Poems of Thomas Merton, by Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton Monk & Poet: A Critical Study, by George Woodcock
A Thomas Merton Reader, by Thomas Merton / Edited by Thomas P. McDonnell

When no one listens
To the quiet trees
When no one notices
The sun in the pool.

Where no one feels
The first drop of rain
Or sees the last star

Or hails the first morning
Of a giant world
Where peace begins
And rages end:

One bird sits still
Watching the work of God:
One turning leaf,
Two falling blossoms,

Ten circles upon the pond.

 

 

 

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