The Litany.(Poem) From: Christianity and Literature | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Gioia, Dana | COPYRIGHT 2006 Conference on Christianity and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

 
The Litany 
 
   This is a litany of lost things, 
   a canon of possessions dispossessed, 
   a photograph, an old address, a key. 
   It is a list of words to memorize 
   or to forget--of amo, amas, amat, 
   the conjugations of a dead tongue 
   in which the final sentence has been spoken. 
 
   This is the liturgy of rain, 
   falling on mountain, field, and ocean--indifferent, 
   anonymous, complete--of 
   water infinitesimally slow, 
   sifting through rock, pooling in darkness...

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