March 15, 2013
Vol. 13, Issue 1
It’s all about…The Lamb
Maude Carolan Pych/Quarterly Poetry Letter
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches
and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” Rev 5:12 NASB
It’s all about…The Lamb is a quarterly publication for lovers of the
Holy Lamb of God, who also enjoy poetry. The purpose is to magnify our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, and inspire an ever-deepening relationship with Him, the
lover of our souls…
MY SON,
KEVIN CARUSO, SPEAKS ABOUT SCREENWRITING, AT NJCWG
Of course it’s a mom’s prerogative to boast, so pardon me please
as I tell you that I was excited and proud to have my son, Kevin Caruso, be the
guest speaker at the North Jersey Christian Writers Group (NJCWG) meeting in
January. He spoke on the topic of screenwriting, and as I listened, I learned considerably
more about screenwriting than I knew before. I’m sure many of the writers in
the group would echo that statement.
Kevin is the founder of the New Jersey Screenwriters Network,
which meets in Westfield, N.J. His screenplay THE RUT was a Nicholl Fellowship
semifinalist and won the Cinestory Screenwriting Competition. THE RUT is
currently being packaged with director Karyn Kusama and actress Chloe Moretz . He co-wrote the
film I TRIED for CodeBlack Entertainment. The DVD went platinum, selling over
250 thousand units. Kevin’s screenplay EXPOSURES OF WAR received a perfect
score and the highest monetary award ever from the New Jersey Council of the
Arts. In 2010, his “Southland” speculation piece was the First Place winner in
the Scriptapalooza TV Competition.
Kevin took the group on a verbal tour of the how-tos of writing a script,
editing, networking, social media, agents, managers, marketing, contests, etc.
He undoubtedly supplied enough fodder to give our talented writers a nudge to
attempt this form of writing.
GOD IS GLORIFIED
POETICALLY… AT CLASSIC QUICHE CAFÉ—
My friend, Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard, was the featured poet
Saturday, February 23rd at Classic Quiche Café in Teaneck, participating
in the North Jersey Literary Series hosted by Paul Nash and Denise LaNeve. It
was Barbara’s first featured performance. I was blessed to be in the audience.
Barbara began her presentation by reciting poems and singing, beautifully
and without musical accompaniment, about the season of Lent and Easter. In one
of the poems she portrayed Mary Magdalene, in costume. Then, after an open
reading, Barbara returned to the podium to perform another set of poems on
various subjects. Throughout, God was wonderfully and poetically glorified.
Then, on March 9th, Barbara exhibited and read three
poems at the annual St. Catherine of Bologna Art, Photography & Poetry
Exhibition in Ringwood, N. J. She won the Judge’s Choice award for poetry, for
the second year in a row, this time for, “Chartres”.
I’m pleased to say that two of
Barbara’s poems are featured in this edition of “It’s all about…THE LAMB.” They
are both from her series, “Wilderness Musings for Lent and Easter” and are
titled, “Released” and “Palm Sunday: I am Seeing You”. It’s a perfect time to
read them, meditatively…
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+ THE POEMS FOLLOW + + +
PALM SUNDAY: I AM
SEEING YOU
I am seeing you--
walking, riding towards Jerusalem,
shouts of triumph overshadowing
the wailing that is to come.
Were you calm, sad, resolute?
Did you wave to the crowds
or simply ride through their midst
blocking out the sound
of their self-proclaimed expectations,
voicing their, not your truth?
I struggled yesterday to make a palm cross
with my granddaughter;
tried to remember how,
recalling the voices of children
on that day, and now,
I am seeing me--
looking with eyes into a 2,000 year old past,
standing in the background,
understanding what the crowd then did not.
Hosanna that you came,
I say quietly inside myself.
You, the Lord of the universe
with a kingdom not of this world.
Hosanna that you came
to save all who call upon your name.
Hosanna that you came and saved me.
Hosanna that you came
and saved this child who knows
and in her own way, playing with the palms,
honors you.
Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard
© 2005
MOVING
FORWARD
The days move forward.
Jesus knows his time is coming.
The cross is imminent--
a shadow in his every step,
every word,
every action.
He continues to teach,
reassuring his followers of his love,
speaking more plainly than before,
training them for the test of faith ahead,
praying for them with his every breath.
I wonder, did he toss and turn in his sleep,
struggling with the inevitable,
like we do when we know
the cross ahead of us will not pass?
In the garden, he bowed his head,
resting at last in his father's will,
in a love that would not let him go
and that would raise him three days later
from the dead.
I have come to know the promise of "Your will be done"
as sorrow mixed with joy,
resolution mixed with trust,
fear calmed by hope,
death followed by new life.
Thank you, Lord, for speaking plainly,
so that I in my simplicity can understand
the grandness of your love,
the greatness of your sacrifice.
And help me, Lord,
when I am prostrate on your altar
to remember
Easter morning, daybreak
with birds singing softly
and your voice to a weeping Mary,
even as I kneel with her
and weep.
Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard
© 2005
Comments are welcome and appreciated.
Look for the next edition of It’s All About…The Lamb, June 15, 2013
A FEW CLOSING WORDS…
Dear Subscriber,
In closing, I’ll echo a few words
from Barbara’s poem…
“Thank you, Lord, for speaking
plainly,
so that I in my simplicity can
understand
the grandness of your love,
the greatness of your sacrifice.”
Blessings to you as we approach Passover and Resurrection Day…days
which remind us that we are saved by the Blood of the Lamb…
God be with ewe,
Maude
After God’s Own Heart Publishing
P.O. Box 2211, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
