The 2021 Poetry of the Sacred Contest opens Monday, July 19. Submissions will be accepted through Monday, August 30. How to Enter a Big City by Thomas Merton I. Swing by starwhite bones and Lights tick in the middle. Blue and white steel Black and white People hurrying along the wall. "Here you are, bury my dead bones." Curve behind the sun again Towers full of ice. Rich Glass houses, "Here, Have a little of my blood," Rich people!" Wheat in towers. Meat on ice. Cattlecars. Miles of wide-open walls. Baseball between these sudden tracks. Yell past the red street— Have you any water to drink, City? Rich glass buildings, give us milk! Give
