ELEGY WITH SUPREME LOVE

from painting by Rex DeLoney

NIGHT MOUNTAIN SKY SONG

Coltrane on a rainy morning.

Chasing Train.

A love Supreme. Acknowledgment.

Acknowledging. That big,

the music. Mark Karn

carrying music. Carries

Crazy Horse

calling up Neil Young,

Christ hunter Orion

calling on His Father.

Big love. Big love.

Bonhoeffer big.

Life Together. That one.

Joined by the stars.

One who wants fellowship

without solitude plunges

What we can't claim

right here in our hands.

Before the baptismal font

leaving worship

arms in wonder-reach

Christ secure.

A love supreme

A love supreme

A love supreme

A love supreme

Jim Bodeen

10 November 2017