tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post6671402140100773206..comments2023-10-08T03:36:14.869-06:00Comments on Reflections on the Writing Life: On the Isle of PatmosAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-29247978862368215062008-05-20T17:51:00.000-06:002008-05-20T17:51:00.000-06:00I glad that you like the poem, Ed. The stone you d...I glad that you like the poem, Ed. <BR/><BR/>The stone you describe is a wonderful gift and a connection to a special place. I've never been to Patmos, but visiting there is one my wish list!Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204718322638463179.post-8197552393116381002008-05-20T11:59:00.000-06:002008-05-20T11:59:00.000-06:00Wonderful poem.One of my treasures, given to me by...Wonderful poem.<BR/><BR/>One of my treasures, given to me by a friend who got it from a friend of hers who had visited Greece, is an odd-looking purple-brown and cream aggregate stone from Patmos. It seems doubtful that this little rock had anything to do with St. John so long ago, but it does indeed come from the place where he had that strange, glorious, and incomprehensible view into the heavens.<BR/><BR/>A "universe of stones", indeed, on a planet where we find no firm footing, and yet find ourselves directed beyond this island earth,<BR/>beyond the watery stage before the Throne, to behold Him before whom all creation bows.<BR/><BR/>edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.com