Lawrence Hall HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com
The God of Children and Blueberries
For Theo (who is three today) and Nora (who is more
than three)
“It is eaten, and renewed, every day.”
-Ramandu’s daughter in The Voyage
of the Dawn Treader
God is prodigal with his
seasons and feasts -
This is the season of
blueberries, each day a feast
Great clouds of fat blue
globes hang upon the little trees
Water and sky shading into
Prussian blue
This is a table-tree, all are
invited
To stand with buckets and
thirsty lips
To pick and take, to take
and eat, each day
The feast magically renewed
each dawn
Mockingbirds, robins,
sparrows, rabbits, and squirrels
And children
Picking, pecking,
plucking, nibbling, biting
All at Aslan’s Table, and
all at peace
