I love this poem, seems to me the title "Show Yourself" from the line "So you show yourself to her and dance away" captures the heart of this woman, waiting, seeking, disappointed for a time but invaded by unexpected answers from the world around her and filled with eventual praise.
This poem and the role the ravens play in it remind me of Sylvia Plath’s “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” -- the version of Plath’s musings that our faith opens our eyes to see
I love this poem, seems to me the title "Show Yourself" from the line "So you show yourself to her and dance away" captures the heart of this woman, waiting, seeking, disappointed for a time but invaded by unexpected answers from the world around her and filled with eventual praise.
Love both of those as titles! Also could see a title from the line about how God “curve[s] strange mercies down on us”
“Inside the Losing “
This poem and the role the ravens play in it remind me of Sylvia Plath’s “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” -- the version of Plath’s musings that our faith opens our eyes to see