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  • Michelle King: Memories

    Michelle King: Memories

    Memories

    by Michelle King

    In my father’s house,
    I watched the sun take her course across the sky.
    I roamed the woods with her ribboning creek,
    And painted footprints on the floor.
    My fingerprints frost the front door like a fragile vapor. Continue reading . . . “Michelle King: Memories”

    Christopher Good: Fruition

    Christopher Good: Fruition

    Fruition

    by Christopher Good

    Peace,
    peace.
    Surely the world is not ending,
    cyclones are calming, wildfires are dying, songbirds are nesting, Continue reading . . . “Christopher Good: Fruition”

    Sherri Steiner: On a Rainy Thursday

    Sherri Steiner: On a Rainy Thursday

    On a Rainy Thursday

    by Sherri Steiner

    The cloudiness that shrouded every hour
    Trips, topples, tumbles into every space
    Unguarded by the keeper of the door.
    The stress is struggling. I can feel the power Continue reading . . . “Sherri Steiner: On a Rainy Thursday”

    Kenneth Godoy: close the window, my father said, because it might rain tonight

    Kenneth Godoy: close the window, my father said, because it might rain tonight

    close the window, my father said, because it might rain tonight

    by Kenneth Godoy

    how do I get right with god?
    I asked this to my father but the wind
    blew trash onto mile-level
    and the red sun made us squint. Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: close the window, my father said, because it might rain tonight”

    Daniel Hess: Once more the sun comes on and on

    Daniel Hess: Once more the sun comes on and on

    Once more the sun comes on and on

    by Daniel Hess

    Once more the sun comes on and on
    Across this world, this weary world
    And still unsatisfied the grave
    And still unfilled the barren womb Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Once more the sun comes on and on”

    Phoebe Anthus: How I Have Loved Thee

    Phoebe Anthus: How I Have Loved Thee

    How I Have Loved Thee

    by Phoebe Anthus

    How I have loved thee,
    how the world unwound,

    when your voice, lay we
    in the silent ground, Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: How I Have Loved Thee”

    Bryan Snyder: Open

    Bryan Snyder: Open

    Open

    by Bryan Snyder

    This sanctuary holds the peace of God
    Not in its tinted windows or its art,
    But pulsing in silent space.
    Words so long hidden surface one by one Continue reading . . . “Bryan Snyder: Open”

    Rebecca Weber: Golden Song

    Rebecca Weber: Golden Song

    Golden Song

    by Rebecca Weber
    Inspired by Handel’s Music of the Royal Fireworks: La réjouissance (The Joy)

     

    “Golden Song” was originally published on the Curator in 2022. Read the poem here.

    Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Golden Song”

    Hannah K: Pain

    Hannah K: Pain

    Pain

    by Hannah K

    He came unbidden to the world
    A stranger at our feast
    He hoped he would destroy us all—
    This unrelenting beast. Continue reading . . . “Hannah K: Pain”

    Sarah J. Martin: Storm Dance

    Sarah J. Martin: Storm Dance

    Storm Dance

    by Sarah J. Martin

    I will watch the wind bow down the grass,
    And the grass rise,

    Rise to the music I cannot hear,
    Music composed for Divinity’s ear, Continue reading . . . “Sarah J. Martin: Storm Dance”

    Bonnie Beldan-Thomson: Gathered to His Fathers

    Bonnie Beldan-Thomson: Gathered to His Fathers

    Gathered to His Fathers

    by Bonnie Beldan-Thomson

    When I turn the corner to Neustadt
    I almost see my father
    lying motionless.
    Pale green sheet reflects spring Continue reading . . . “Bonnie Beldan-Thomson: Gathered to His Fathers”

    Shaman Kirkland: Wellspring

    Wellspring

    by Shaman Kirkland

    Continue reading . . . “Shaman Kirkland: Wellspring”

    Karen Yoder: Cut Down in Spring

    Karen Yoder: Cut Down in Spring

    Cut Down in Spring

    by Karen Yoder

    Riddles were not shaped to die young—
    a hurricane that rips through an apple orchard in May
    shreds trunks, shrivels roots, splits hearts,
    scattering limbs that leaves Continue reading . . . “Karen Yoder: Cut Down in Spring”

    Myra Wollman: Call It Home

    Myra Wollman: Call It Home

    Call It Home

    by Myra Wollman

    Come, and I’ll show you what I mean.
    There’s a small town where we could go
    A place I know, where they won’t notice
    A few old houses and a lawn that’s overgrown. Continue reading . . . “Myra Wollman: Call It Home”

    William Hoover: Unearthed

    William Hoover: Unearthed

    Unearthed

    by William Hoover

    Continue reading . . . “William Hoover: Unearthed”

    Bryan Snyder: Silent Questions

    Bryan Snyder: Silent Questions

    Silent Questions

    by Bryan Snyder

    In the new-blown morning air
    stirred with shimmering flight,
    a swallow suspends my prayer Continue reading . . . “Bryan Snyder: Silent Questions”

    Marlene Brubacher: In Defiance of the Poets

    Marlene Brubacher: In Defiance of the Poets

    In Defiance of the Poets

    by Marlene Brubacher

    Something there is that does not love a tree,
    And that’s myself, when bounding it with weedwhip.
    Good trees lift sturdy arms to God, ’tis true;
    They make good neighbours, make us maple syrup, Continue reading . . . “Marlene Brubacher: In Defiance of the Poets”

    Hannah K: Grown Up

    Hannah K: Grown Up

    Grown Up

    by Hannah K

    Peter is old now, very old—
    twenty-six at least.
    He’s got a job in Charing Cross, he takes
    the bus, and pays the fees and Continue reading . . . “Hannah K: Grown Up”

    Serena Peachey: Without Apology She Came

    Serena Peachey: Without Apology She Came

    Without Apology She Came

    by Serena Peachey

    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

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Mount Zion

    Mount Zion

    by Richard Stoltzfoos

    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”

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