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Poetry
Poetry
The Garden of Adam
In the beginning, God hocked a wad of holy spit / into the dust, slushed it around, and rolled out
Tamara Kreutz
Poetry
Schrödinger’s Seraphim
What happens behind the closed temple doors when no human is present? / Is there a silence, a waiting, a…
Vija Merrill
Poetry
Vital Conversations
There is no silence. / God’s voice is everywhere— / In the vital conversation
Gloria Heffernan
Poetry
Waiting
Beyond the east windows / three birches reflect and refract the sunlight. . . .
James Hannon
Poetry
The Book of Hours
Waking early, I catch the trail / of night. Its silky ink / dissipates by inches while I sip. .…
Magda Andrews-Hoke
Poetry
A Text That Changes Everything
He called us Friends. This means that we may get / a text that changes everything. For now, . .…
Welling Hall
Poetry
Name Change
For nearly twenty years I’ve been a member / of the “Men’s Spiritual Nurture Group”
Howard Nelson
Poetry
Tuning Up
A staccato jackhammer, / rattle of a loose windowpane, / a frisking wail of wind.
Richard Schiffman
Poetry
Wednesday Evenings
A gaggle of barefoot pilgrims / hungry to hush minds’ chatter / tiptoe upstairs, settle
Karen Luke Jackson
Poetry
Morning Prayer
While river whispers / at his window, carrying night slowly / downstream, he rises, like a pre-dawn lark
Anne Maren-Hogan
Poetry
Hoeing an Apple Tree
To hoe, not only to protect fruit / but this toddler apple tree’s future
Cynthia Gallaher
Glaciers (Removed)
“Glaciers” by John Kucera has been removed from the August 2023 online edition due to plagiarism. The actual author of…
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