"The Midway, Coney Island, Night View, From the Wonder Wheel" [cropped] by Tony Fischer via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) - Connection to Joel 2

Guest Post: Poem for Joel 2:28

Poem by Thom Shuman (CC BY 2.0)
Photo: “The Midway, Coney Island, Night View, From the Wonder Wheel” [cropped] by Tony Fischer via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

"The Midway, Coney Island, Night View, From the Wonder Wheel" [cropped] by Tony Fischer via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) - Connection to Joel 2

Then afterward
I will pour out my spirit on
all flesh;
your sons and your
daughters shall
prophesy,
your old men shall dream
dreams,
and your young men shall
see visions. Joel 2:28

in the songs written
    in garages and
    basements;
in the gray hairs
    smiling in their
    sleep each night;
in the clear-eyed
      hopes
  that tomorrow
  overflows with wonder,
your Spirit
      is

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Thom M. Shuman is a graduate of Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL) and Union Presbyterian Seminary (Richmond, VA).

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