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Poetry

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… John Kucera
Poetry

Wild Greens

Observation in pursuit of / something is one / way to describe / what foragers / do... Averie A. Hue
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