Winter 2026 • By Megan Suttman
now and the not-yet

seasonal rite of preparation 

this yearning, inner summer
    light of the sun early morning
    within each of us
    wisdom’s mid-season
    ripening

this fullness between seed and
    seed
    in the mystery between the word of God
    and a vast unknowing
    is a dance
    a profusion of flowering,
    a holiness within everything


this week of living
    disappearing star, drops of dew
    seed-gifts, find me here
    sown in the silence
    within you
    God-planted
    as gifts to the world.



During my Residency this past August I thought often of the 12th century Franciscian, Dun Scotus’ concept of Haecciety or this-ness. Haecceity is the notion that God, having complete creative freedom, intends the singularity of each created being as a completely unique reflection of Godself, and an act of perfect love. Much of what came through my work during this week was inspired by the particular way I found God reflected in the land and community of Mount Savor, and the hearts and minds of those in my cohort. This found poem was created in response. ︎



—Megan Suttman, Orein ‘25

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