Today’s Poem: In the Wilderness

Christ of His gentleness / Thirsting and hungering

Francisco de Zurbarán, Agnus Dei, c. 1637 (Wikimedia Commons)

For the first time in a few years, Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday this year, and what are we supposed to read as Today’s Poem here on February 14? Any poem fit for Valentine’s Day feels frivolous for Ash Wednesday; any poem suited for Ash Wednesday seems a grim choice for Valentine’s.…