"Iona" [1987]

 

                    Iona  [1987]

 

The gulls wheel and cry over Iona,

In and out, waves beat and pound--

Figured bass of Celtic prayer,

Meditation's harmony.

 

Eons ago no houses here,

No ferries plowing from shore to shore;

Only the footsteps of silent monks

And cries of gulls--the gulls and the sea.

--Mary M. Isaacs--

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"...the word of our God will stand forever." [from Isaiah 40:8]

 

Kildalton Cross, Isle of Islay, Scotland

 

[Isaiah 26:9]

 

"...I know that my redeemer liveth..." [from Job 19:25]