Description

Renowned poet and author Luci Shaw offers a beautiful and compelling collection of poetry that calls readers to closely observe the quiet wisdom hidden in life’s ordinary moments. An Incremental Life reflects gently on everyday thoughts and actions, recognizing how each small event can shape and deepen our human experience. Shaw’s poems help us discover divine presence hidden within the seemingly simple events we often overlook. Exploring life’s complexities, she moves gracefully from nostalgic childhood memories to meaningful meditations on life’s fragility and the mysteries of existence. Her verses invite us into thoughtful reflection, encouraging pause and offering fresh appreciation for life’s subtle beauty and depth.

INCREMENTS

I live by increments,
single breaths of an ambient air,
marking off hours, days.

Apprenticed to grace,
I tread statio in sequentiae,
edging every step forward
before venturing the next.

Staggering up towards the
stony crests of the foothills, dusty,
I am almost undone
with weariness, only half believing
that the view will widen.

In my falling upward
into your home, O Faithful One,
stay with me, your wind music
playing the ear of my mind
like an instrument.

Luci Shaw powerfully affirms that our life journey unfolds step by step, day by day, increment by increment, and through it all, God reveals Himself in these seemingly insignificant moments.