Serena Peachey: Without Apology She Came
The New Year came on silent feet
As silent as the snow
She stepped across the edge of time
And came to say hello. Continue reading . . . “Serena Peachey: Without Apology She Came”
Richard Stoltzfoos: Mount Zion
A Meditation on Temples, Smartphones, and Revelation 15
I wander through the portal’s glow;
My wonder for the sun and sod
Is lost; please tell me, if you know,
Where I can go to find my God. Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Mount Zion”
The other day on the road
You mentioned a plum.
All the conversation following it
fell away, forgotten. Continue reading . . . “Michelle Quevedo: Plum”
Kenneth Godoy: that it might tell them why
in the beginning,
the god made earth and the skin of the world.
he made wind and a single gull
that wrapped itself in the coldness of sunlight. Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: that it might tell them why”
A shrunken old man and
a shrunken old woman lean
across the rotted porch rail
into dazzling early light Continue reading . . . “Kayla Eby: Gary and Meg”
Richard Stoltzfoos: Dependence
I saw the pines inverted in the stillest lake,
With great roots gripping, hanging from the earth,
The earth that God sustains, we say, and spake
In princely stories of chiastic birth. Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Dependence”
Come, Seeker-friend. Come.
Beauty is eager to be embraced.
Why do many, staring vacant,
Remain oblivious? Continue reading . . . “Susan Schlabach: Come, Beauty”
The day is done. The fire dies
To crackling embers in the stove
While moonlight falls on field and farm
And on the freshly-frosted grove. Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: In December”
Time is of essence I know,
but, I will wait to wash these fingerprints
from the paint around your pantry door till
another day. Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: Another Day”
Shelia J. Petre: Perils of the Profession
“Perils of the Profession” is published in Leaf 2022. Continue reading . . . “Shelia J. Petre: Perils of the Profession”
Over these hills, sing the song,
Sing it over again.
That Immanuel is come, is come,
Is come to the world of men. Continue reading . . . “Lori Hershberger: Lament”
A blinding sun hangs low above Lake Erie
casting a path of coral like an aisle for a king.
Gulls cry farewell, and then
the carpet shimmers, narrows, dancing west to east Continue reading . . . “Karen Yoder: End of the Party”
“Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower.” —Albert Camus
I.
The rustling gold of towering trees
Within a starlit canopy
Lay down Continue reading . . . “Michelle King: Autumn Moon”
Rachael Lofgren: Autumn’s Ovation
The scent of fall,
The leaves all gold
With sunsoaked air,
The damp sharp spice Continue reading . . . “Rachael Lofgren: Autumn’s Ovation”
Since I got used to sleeping
on the floor, I figure I can travel
around the world now. The nights Continue reading . . . “Zhihua Wang: Sleep”
William Hoover: Sonnet for Wyatt
(June 7 – Sept. 29, 2021)
Because he peered so sharply, he soon spied
That it was Earth, not he, most saddled with Continue reading . . . “William Hoover: Sonnet for Wyatt”
Obi Martin: The Three Stages of Creation
Continue reading . . . “Obi Martin: The Three Stages of Creation”
Josiah Peachey: Garden of Hope
The church sat like a garden
strait backed rows of Eden
pasture of a people
peace of a long past Continue reading . . . “Josiah Peachey: Garden of Hope”
Lori Hershberger: Meditations of the Aunt
For, lo, children are an Heritage of the Lord
As Arrows in the Hand of a Mighty One
Happy is he who hath his Quiver full
For they are like Olive Plants, the Offspring of Fruitful Vines; Continue reading . . . “Lori Hershberger: Meditations of the Aunt”
