The Time of Micha-El


Mid-August
all is hushed
and heavy...
we sleep summer's
last dream, until
the night of the shooting stars
spills iron
all over the earth
in a shower of fiery petals.
Then are both
Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur welcome,
lit like menorahs
from within.
This blessed repentance
calls for a show of
mercy and strength,
bringing on the
Time of Micha-El,
who is like God,
and hovers over
the difficult wake
of Autumn
as the reflected
intensity and power
of the
Harvest Moon.




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Fr. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J.
of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
at Creighton University.

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Page Last Updated: December 1, 2001