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Poetry
Poetry
Forgiveness
Listen for the story / of her life as it enters, / drifts of smoke in still air.
M.S. Rooney
Poetry
Talon
Bobcat looks back / Her tendons steam / Eyes question compulsion to pounce
Marjorie Gowdy
Poetry
Forgiveness
It mists up from the lakes, rivers, and oceans / like Rilke’s “Solitude,” stealing over us softly—
Molly Lynde
Poetry
Sparrow
Be like a sparrow, that parakeet in drab. / Yes, teeter on Niagara’s brink, / but don’t be greedy. Drink…
Richard Schiffman
Poetry
House of Bread
I once spent an afternoon in Laja. / A small town on the Bolivian altiplano, / Laja is a village…
Nancy Thomas
Poetry
Tranquility
Ceasefires rarely last, / But wonders never cease. / And I’ve heard how once on Christmas Eve
David Cameron
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
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