Pleni Sunt Coeli et Terra
2015; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/scs.2015.0047
ISSN1535-3117
Autores ResumoPleni Sunt Coeli et Terra Brian F. McCabe (bio) it’s always there in the back ofmy head, this word: Sanctus… with often no reason for it,lasting from instants to hours… Holy —I breathe it, softly—a sort of after-image, the photo-negative of things Icannot even perceive most days and upon its coming the wholegreat mess —people in soft clothes, bright, shiny cars, music sung in parts, children dirty from play, —all this and so much more! —crashes in at me concentrating me … and in moments of the deep despairingdesolateinexplicably, readily comes its pulse to my heart and the word to my lips: Sanctus… … Holy and I see so many things (it is impossible to say just what I mean!) :but in a myriad of loved createdness [End Page 243] comes finitude and plenitudeall at once and in both despondency and solaceI can only murmur,somewhat astonished, “Sanctus.” [End Page 244] Brian F. McCabe Brian F. McCabe is a Jesuit-educated doctoral candidate in English at Clarement Graduate University. His poetry focuses on contemporary issues, including politics, social justice, spirituality, and LGBTQA sexuality. He is one of the editors of Foothill: A Journal of Poetry. His academic interests explore poetry movements in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The current poem is third and final part of a larger sequence entitled “Triptych: An Ignatian Retreat. mccabeb@gmail.com Copyright © 2015 The Johns Hopkins University Press
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