“Praise Song” by Barbara Crooker read by Sher Schwartz
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14 responses to ““Praise Song” by Barbara Crooker read by Sher Schwartz”
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Thank you for listening and commenting. I love my walks too and so much to praise!
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Beautiful poem! and I think the last line is wonderful. I don’t take it to mean that the world is not enough, but rather that our lives are short. I read poetry every morning– and currently from a collection called Coming to Age. I wouldn’t be surprised to find this poem there, though I haven’t yet. Thank you, Sher.
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Thank you for listening and commenting. It’s wonderful to know you read poetry each day! Thank you for your positive spin on the last line. The last line struck me somewhat negatively, and I am sure it is because each day I am making an attempt to be satisfied with things just as they are. I mean trying to be content that yes this is enough instead of striving and trying become more and more.
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Thank you for commenting. I agree with you –this is how the last line struck me too, but perhaps this is because I strive to see that things really are enough. 🙂
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A listener from the Oregon Coast:
It’s all we have and it’s never enough. Her poem says nature is enough and praise worthy, the last line laments “we” act otherwise. I agree.
Many details echo memories, sugar maples, as a kid visiting a snow-covered open-sided shed with a huge blackened vat over open flames reducing maple sap to syrup.-
Thanks for listening and commenting. This poem has had so many different responses to the final line! Thank you for sharing. Warm memories indeed of sugar maple !
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Hi again, Sher. Now that you call my attention to the last line, I see it as the dark flip side of my sense that I am on a journey. I attempt peace and gratitude as I travel, but not to be contented. Never contented. I would feel so static and frustrated if I were not on a journey. Also, the world of nature is so flawed and broken, despite its amazing beauty, and to me the last line seems to acknowledge that.
Thanks again, Sher! I appreciate your sharing poetry!
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Thank you for a second comment of reflection! Perhaps we can rest in our discontentment — I think in a way your are doing that by simply acknowledging it and letting it be…
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A listener in Oregon:
ha! i don’t know. i would have to give you my own biased translation or guess. you know i personally praise my creator for all the beauty of the earth and even in all of its fallen-ness and darkness these days ( though really; what days haven’t been fallen?) it’s what i will try to love until i finally go home to a far more beautiful place than this. human beings have, in their fallen state, desecrated our poor earthly mother but i believe there is a newness of life to come. so while i ‘love’ this place, it will never be enough. 😊thanks for asking.-
Thank you for your heartfelt reply. I realized later that Barbara Crooker is a Christian poet and may also share your response. I was glad to dig a little deeper in her biography, and I appreciate another way to see this last line in “Praise Song.” Thanks for listening and being part of SherPoetry.
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