ponderings

Pilgrim Congregational Church

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

2802 Commercial Avenue

Anacortes, Washington 98221

(360) 293-5675

Pilgrim Ponderings

This is a place for occasional postings and thoughts related to the ongoing ministry of Pilgrim and her people. To include a message for this page please contact the moderator, pastor, any member of the council, or send a message to Office@pilgrimuccskagit.org

Flags

Furled flags draw little notice,
offer scant hint of what they symbolize,
are easily set aside for some more
auspicious moment.
Unfurled, flags dance on the breeze,
brashly flaunt their crests and colors
to all who pass by,
crack unapologetically
in the wind.

Flags unfurled resist being laid aside,
are given to spilling beyond
their assigned spaces.
Flags are made to be unfurled
and flown,
to snap in the wind
as halyards clap against the mast
their very presence
proclamation.

© 2008 Densley Harley Palmer

Written for the dedication of the new flagpole at
Pilgrim Congregational Church UCC, Anacortes , Washington
March 30, 2008

If you are interested in any of the poems published here, please contact the church office who will forward your message to the author who will then contact you about other poems that have been published.