Elisabeth Crago
Thinking about Holiness
I've been thinking about holiness,
how sometimes the sun slashes
across the sky, finger-paints clouds
until they shimmer silver and gold.
No wonder the ancients imagined beings,
populated whole universes with invisible creatures.
I look at that same void, stand dumbstruck
beneath a blue moon glowing orange,
boggled by infinite galaxies beyond ours.
The sky will grow dark, glow rose again
when dawn rises from below the horizon.
Even birds sometimes are silenced in wonder.
Bio
Elisabeth Crago holds an MFA from Carlow University with a dual focus on poetry and creative non-fiction. A graduate of Lehman College, CUNY and the University of Michigan, she also has degrees in English and Nursing. In her primary career, Elisabeth administered a large breast health services program in eastern Pennsylvania. She then spent 12 years engaged in farming and aquaculture in New Zealand, where she also served on the board of a retreat center with an emphasis on women's spirituality. Returning to the United States in 2014, she settled in Pittsburgh and currently divides her time between the city and Chautauqua, NY. Elisabeth volunteers at City of Asylum, the Center for Women, and is also active in the Madwomen in the Attic, Carlow University's community writing program for women. Her work has been published in Voices in the Attic, Eye on the Telescope, and Dreamers' Writing.