First Things RSS Feed - Sally Cook https://www.firstthings.com/author/sally-cook en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:01 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/sally-cook 60 Diversity https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/02/diversity https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/02/diversity Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The opportunity for us
To kick up dust and start a fuss
Has so decreased in recent years
It well might drive a cat to tears.

The more we say we honor others
And everybody must be brothers,
More rules are made to say we can’t
Say what we want, in play or rant.

We love the truth, but guard our words,
Walk meekly in submissive herds.
When honest discourse takes a fall”
We find we’re not diverse at all.

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]]> The Face of Morning https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/06/002-the-face-of-morning https://www.firstthings.com/article/2008/06/002-the-face-of-morning Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 A morning showed its harsh and angry face,
And people stumbling through the slush were stressed.
They crept along, a dim and dirty race
To jobs that no one wanted. I was dressed
For winter. When I felt my worn boots slip
I wished that they were ermine-trimmed and lined.
My icy failures had me in their grip.

I never thought that in the snow I’d find
A simple sprig of striped and purple leaves,
Perfect, in answer to my thoughts. At home
This grew upon our wall. The spirit grieves,
And then a sudden morning’s smile warms some
Facet of our reality with love,
Softens the face of what we cannot solve.

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