Hello everyone and happy Thursday! Along with the first snow that greeted us on our doorstep this morning, all the Blogmas preparation arrived also! So, for our blog post this week, we are sharing a beautiful and meaningful poem by our beloved Lewis, which will allow us some extra time to begin gathering the Christmas inspiration needed for the month of December which is quickly approaching!
I encourage you to read aloud this poem by C. S. Lewis titled, Love’s As Warm As Tears, and allow your heart and soul to be moved…
Love’s as warm as tears,
Love is tears:
Pressure within the brain,
Tension at the throat,
Deluge, weeks of rain,
Haystacks afloat,
Featureless seas between
Hedges, where once was green.
Love’s as fierce as fire,
Love is fire:
All sorts—infernal heat
Clinkered with greed and pride,
Lyric desire, sharp-sweet,
Laughing, even when denied,
And that empyreal flame
Whence all loves came.
Love’s as fresh as spring,
Love is spring:
Bird-song hung in the air,
Cool smells in a wood,
Whispering ‘Dare! Dare!’
To sap, to blood,
Telling ‘Ease, safety, rest,
Are good; not best.’
Love’s as hard as nails,
Love is nails:
Blunt, thick, hammered through
The medial nerves of One
Who, having made us, knew
The thing He had done,
Seeing (with all that is)
Our cross, and His.
A poem by: C. S. Lewis
The Few 
Beautiful poem!
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Hi, I really appreciated stumbling on your blog and this poem, any chance you have a reference for it… i would like to explore that more. Thanks Valda.
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Hello Valda!
Thank you for reading and leaving us a comment! We’re so glad you’re here! Here is a great reference from the C. S. Lewis Institute that you may find helpful regarding this incredible poem: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/a-love-without-end/
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