Psalms of our daysRSS

43 poems

Texts not severed from prayer. Verse born in the silence.

I am the light that hovers in the hush, the one no eye has ever caught. It always was, it does not burn, yet wordlessly it lights the world.

I Am the Light That Hovers in the Silence...

Apr2026
  1. I Am the Light That Hovers in the Silence...I am the light that hovers in the hush…
  2. Christ Lived in Me UnseenChrist lived in me unseen through all these years…
Mar2026
  1. I Am That Which I AmLife does not move apart from the one…
  2. In Answer to Robert Frost's “The Road Not Taken”Not two paths in the damp depths of a wood…
  3. I Once Fed Not Myself, but GodNot in a church — just on a quiet day…
  4. A Poet I Am...A poet I am... gathering meanings into puzzles…
  5. The Sunset's Flares Have Streaked the SkyThe sunset's flares have streaked across the sky…
Feb2026
  1. Poem of the Thirsting HeartO Holy Spirit, breath of Life…
  2. We Lost Ourselves in This Worldlike shadows in the dusk of time…
  3. You Will Not ComeYou will not come. I waited, all in vain…
Oct2025
  1. I Love You, Peter's Creationwhere the bright Neva's waters flow…
  2. Moscow! How Much Is in That Soundof light kept treasured for the soul…
  3. I Remember a Wondrous MomentI remember a wondrous moment…
  4. With Quiet Tread the Dawn Comes InI had believed You were not near…
Sep2025
  1. I Am the ChristI am the Christ, and God within me lives…
May2025
  1. Poem of Being-and-IYou long to vanish, to go down into the deep…
Mar2025
  1. The First RainThe springtime rain in clamorous streams…
  2. God Dreams a DreamGod dreams a dream straight through this world…
  3. SpringThrough the sleep of the birch-lined lanes…
  4. EternityThe starlight does not dim or die…
  5. The Rooks Have ComeThe rooks have come, they settle in the fields…
  6. The Breath of the UniverseThe Universe breathes — gently, at ease…
  7. The Star WithinWithin me burns a star alight…
  8. LoveLove is like light among the shadows…
  9. Flame in the HeartThe fire within me will not falter…
  10. The Path with No PathI am walking, yet there is no road…
  11. Holy RusHoly Rus, you boundless country…
  12. I Am the Light of the CreatorI am the light that silence bore…
Feb2025
  1. O God, Dear God...O God, dear God, lay open wide my heart…
Dec2024
  1. My Child, What For...My child, why does the world set stars ablaze?…
  2. To Maria Savateeva— O God, tell me, what is the name "Maria" to You?…
Nov2024
  1. Psalm 90The Lord — my shield, my refuge, and my peace…
  2. Violet PowderBehind the lining of all things, my violet home…
  3. TransmissionWithin the words, a hidden net…
Oct2024
  1. who am I? why, it is YouIn the beginning is the One Absolute…
  2. At the Depths of Sacred Silencean essence hid itself — "I and you."…
  3. Solitude in the Labyrinth of IllusionsWe swear vows to each other — but the air is empty and hollow…
  4. You Are My Maker, and I Am Warmed by YouI seek you down the winding paths of being…
  5. Doubt Is Gone; I Boldly Recognize You in Everythingin the first light of dawn, in grass the wind keeps stirring…
  6. I Dream a DreamI dream a dream: Sergei walks through the world…
  7. The Meaning of LifeWhy did I come into this vast, wide world?…
  8. And What If I Am WrongWhat word of judgment will my brother say?…
Sep2024
  1. It Is TimeIt is time… it is time… yes, you are all still here…