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To those who repair and paint
"To those who think over / a thought they think they shouldn't think— / I love you anyway, you are…
Steven Ray Smith
Poetry
Longshore Transport
"Wind and wave, storm and claw / drag and scatter and break the beach..."
Gundega Korsts
Poetry
The Divine Comes Disguised as Our Life.
"So often the path leads nowhere, backs up into brush, disappears, ends in a parking lot, butts into wire...."
Anne Maren-Hogan
Poetry
Note to Myself
"Do not expect the Silence to always be silent. / Life is taking place outside this Meeting House..."
Loré McLaren
Poetry
when it comes
"it comes a gentle / but insistent pressure..."
Morrow Dowdle
Poetry
Half an Ear
There are those who listen with half an ear...
David Black
Poetry
Annunciation
The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.—Luke 1:35
Nancy Thomas
Poetry
Final Query with Answer
"I wonder / When our search for answers is done..."
Michael Graves
Poetry
Alone
"After God left me, / I got along all right for a while..."
Elizabeth Boardman
Poetry
Savior
"In the stooped squat of age, I grab a plastic cup and lid..."
Marjorie Gowdy
Poetry
Female Brain Running
"Recently I fell for clickbait because the tagline sounded so binary and sexist / that I wanted to see just…
Lindsay-Rose Dykema
Poetry
Acer Macrophyllum
FJ Poetry: “The moment of detachment, petiole from stem, goes unnoticed...”
Linda Phillips
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