From Ric Hudgen’s recent social media collection “30 Poems in 30 Days.”
Ric Hudgens
Surprise
By Ric Hudgens, who had a stroke on the first day of winter 2018-19
I’m not dead yet.
We laughed at the line
from Monty Python
but remembered it.
All men are mortal
is the philosophical premise
we try to forget. Continue reading
A Wild, Ragged Figure
By Ric Hudgens
*This is the tenth installation of a year-long series of posts from contributors all over North America each answering the question, “How would you define radical discipleship?” We will be posting responses regularly on Mondays during 2019.
What is radical discipleship?
I’m in bed recovering from a stroke. I have dramatic weakness on the right side of my body. I can only walk with assistance. I talk slowly and softly. It is difficult for me to write. I am poor in physical strength, but rich in friends and strong in faith. Maybe I’ll be back to normal some day; or maybe it’s time for me to find a new normal. Continue reading
Rooted and Grounded
PC: Michael Raymond Smith
by ric hudgens
Humans pretend to live
suspended in air
feet never needing
a place to land.
Rilke wrote
gravity is grace
so we should surrender
trust our heaviness
fall to a depth
where life becomes possible
again. Continue reading
Reminders For Tomorrow
By Ric Hudgens
Wake up before you get up
or if there isn’t enough time
just wake up.
After you screw your head
on right your face
should be looking forward. Continue reading
The Opposite of Apathy
By Ric Hudgens
When it comes to apathy
it’s not the whether but the where,
not the if but the when,
not the can but the must.
It’s the antonym of focus,
the essence of overlooking,
purposefully not seeing
what demands recognition. Continue reading
Solstice of Dread
By Ric Hudgens, 6/28/18
When my life
feels weighted with care,
tossed between headlines,
I know one truth,
maybe two,
that inform my situation. Continue reading
