Carl Leggo
About this Christian Poet:
Carl Leggo is a professor at the University of British Columbia where he teaches courses in writing. He is the author of four books: Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill, View from My Motherís House, Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom, and Come-By-Chance. He and his wife Lana fellowship at Emmanuel Christian Community in Richmond, British Columbia.
The Promised Land
like ancient Caleb son of Jephunneh
I too
have explored
the promised land
drunk milk and honey
flowing streams
praised God
the promiser
have trembled
before Canaanite walls
earth and sky yoked
by gray stones
before descendants of Anak giants
I was a grasshopper only
have known
the tear-drunk fear
let's return to Egypt
and Caleb's trust
the land will be ours
God is with us
Caleb believed
with Joshua alone saw the land again
forty years later
I too
will see the land again
Copyright ©2007 by Dr. Carl Leggo