Shimmering in sunlight glancing from the lake

Poised on stilts, patient for its prey:

Dawn apparition—portentous presence

            Imperceptibly distilled into air.

 

Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, has contributed to Commonweal for fifty years. A selection of his essays and reviews, some of which first appeared in Commonweal, has been published as Christ Brings All Newness (Word on Fire Academic).

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