WANDERER'S LITANY
Radiant Mother
from the green fields and wayside chapels
from city noise and forest stillness
dreams in the fantasy of children
and in the meditation of old men
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Madonna sculpted in stone
carved in wood painted on
canvas sung in the notes
sketched in the heart
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Madonna from the gnarled hand of the mountaineer
from the green grass
from the crystal tears of the penitent
from the thunder of the waterfall
from the praying icons
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Madonna from Czestochowa
from Lourdes, Fatima, and Limanowa
from wild paths
from the melody of bells
from cottages and apartments
from fields and streets
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Ebony Madonna
Black - smiling
from millions of sculptures and pictures
always the same
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Madonna
the human heart's Radiant Beam
Dawn of Hope
Best Mother
Mary in the Gospels
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