Michaelmas

I wonder as the seminary moves near the airport, as the bishop*s body has been re-interred in Wisconsin, as the stained glass saints are now part of Northwestern University... what will happen to Michaelmas term?  Fall term doesn*t capture it in the same way at all.  All the angels will need re-inventing in the new place near the airport.

I remember the beginning

Of Michaelmas term

In seminary.

I had never heard of Michaelmas

Before then.

I was very Protestant,

Though a number of my classmates

Nodded knowingly.

At least they pretended

To know.

Michael and all the angels

Stood on our shoulders,

Sat next to us,

Inhabited the stained glass.

We stood and knelt,

Prayed and sat between the stained glass saints,

William Palmerston Anderson

(his body)

Buried underneath the altar.

There was something of comfort

About all the angels gathered,

Led by Michael the dragon-slayer.

I remember

It was something of comfort

In this new place.