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  • Gary Yoder: Preparation

    Gary Yoder: Preparation

    Preparation

    by Gary Yoder

    Before I sleep,
    Before this dust returns,
    Before I leave myself—
    This temple curiously crafted, Continue reading . . . “Gary Yoder: Preparation”

    Emily Miller: First Grader

    Emily Miller: First Grader

    First Grader

    by Emily Miller

    She will travel the world,
    See the sights through her mind,
    Learn of peasants and kingdoms,
    Tyrant leaders and kind. Continue reading . . . “Emily Miller: First Grader”

    Claudia Lehman: February 2022

    Claudia Lehman: February 2022

    February 2022

    by Claudia Lehman

    The mutterings of war are in the north.
    The winter has been bitter with our tears.
    Now waken in the dark, and hear the rain
    that pours down with the turning of the year. Continue reading . . . “Claudia Lehman: February 2022”

    Lynn Michael Martin: The Soothsayer

    Lynn Michael Martin: The Soothsayer

    The Soothsayer

    by Lynn Michael Martin
    Acts 16:16

    For seven years I walked with demon guides,
    divining deathless words for mortal men;
    tales of dark wisdom they gave me besides,
    draining my soul and filling it again
    with darknesses of suffocating airs— Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: The Soothsayer”

    Melodie Dyck: Christ in Shoes

    Melodie Dyck: Christ in Shoes

    Christ in Shoes

    by Melodie Dyck

    Such shrouds of darkness cloak our land.
    I am but dust; my feeble hand
    Sin, grief, and sorrow cannot bear;
    True Christlike love I cannot share. Continue reading . . . “Melodie Dyck: Christ in Shoes”

    Sharilyn Martin: Paper Thin

    Sharilyn Martin: Paper Thin

    Paper Thin

    by Sharilyn Martin

    It wasn’t sense that let you in,
    O Lover of my Soul.
    It isn’t chains that hold You there—
    my soul is paper thin. Continue reading . . . “Sharilyn Martin: Paper Thin”

    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)

    Light floods the vacant corridors
    long since swept out
    by darknesses—
    and wakes a shivering ecstasy Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Golden Song”

    Lynn Michael Martin: Matthew 26:38

    Lynn Michael Martin: Matthew 26:38

    Matthew 26:38

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    “Tarry here,” he said, “and watch with me.”
    I peered through darkness, past the olive trees
    but saw no shadows on Gethsemane.

    “Teacher, what is this thing that I might see?” Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: Matthew 26:38”

    Claudia Lehman: A Lament for the Sparrows

    Claudia Lehman: A Lament for the Sparrows

    A Lament for the Sparrows

    by Claudia Lehman

    Unforgotten—and
    how does that ease their falling?
    Lured, they learn too late
    the limits of wings Continue reading . . . “Claudia Lehman: A Lament for the Sparrows”

    Rebecca Weber: When Spring Breaks Forth

    Rebecca Weber: When Spring Breaks Forth

    When Spring Breaks Forth

    by Rebecca Weber

    Who would have thought, through winter’s icy dark,
    That we would ever see the sun again;
    That sap still tarried here beneath the bark
    Of weathered trees, or that the wasted glen Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: When Spring Breaks Forth”

    Carolyn Kelshaw: The Wedding Gift

    Carolyn Kelshaw: The Wedding Gift

    The Wedding Gift

    by Carolyn Kelshaw

    Another day. The bowl still rests
    on the rosewood music chest.
    As we pass, the air it holds
    moves gently over strokes of gold Continue reading . . . “Carolyn Kelshaw: The Wedding Gift”

    Lynn Michael Martin: Tonight Your Face Is Hidden, Yet I Know

    Lynn Michael Martin: Tonight Your Face Is Hidden, Yet I Know

    Tonight Your Face Is Hidden, Yet I Know

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    Tonight your face is hidden, yet I know
    that it is not for lack of presence, though
    I search and see you not—for you are here;
    for from your being must all being grow. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: Tonight Your Face Is Hidden, Yet I Know”

    Lynn Domina: Mosaic

    Lynn Domina: Mosaic

    Mosaic

    by Lynn Domina

    Magnified, sand resembles mollusks, spiraled
    turret shells, milky stones, a transparent
    nautilus, the small bones
    in my inner ear. Heated, sand melts Continue reading . . . “Lynn Domina: Mosaic”

    Lori Hershberger: Ritual

    Lori Hershberger: Ritual

    Ritual

    by Lori Hershberger

    Each morning breaks the same,
    Rising with a hunger that carves
    Like the slanting fingers of sunlight cutting
    Through the fog that shrouds the neighbor’s burnt field. Continue reading . . . “Lori Hershberger: Ritual”

    Claudia Lehman: Anniversary

    Claudia Lehman: Anniversary

    Anniversary

    by Claudia Lehman

    Orange silk sunset, shot with shadow,
    a thousand evenings, none the same
    as any—or this—sky broken open,
    oozing under the storm, Continue reading . . . “Claudia Lehman: Anniversary”

    Allan Lake: Gold Poem

    Allan Lake: Gold Poem

    Gold Poem

    by Allan Lake

    Nuggets, metaphor, promise, coins.
    Thinka Inca. Kill thy neighbour,
    make a killing. Little Golden Books,
    first place, moments, an egg with carats. Continue reading . . . “Allan Lake: Gold Poem”

    Peter Stiles: Cutting

    Peter Stiles: Cutting

    Cutting

    by Peter Stiles

    These melodic lines have a cutting edge.
    They cut through years and wing me to a town
    where a man gathers gentleness at a piano. Continue reading . . . “Peter Stiles: Cutting”

    Sherri Steiner: Daily

    Sherri Steiner: Daily

    Daily

    by Sherri Steiner

    I brought my day to the doorposts
    And pierced its ear at the dawn.
    Earth sang and shouted for gladness, Continue reading . . . “Sherri Steiner: Daily”

    Kenneth Godoy: When I Die Let My Death Be the Cry of the Earth

    Kenneth Godoy: When I Die Let My Death Be the Cry of the Earth

    When I Die Let My Death Be the Cry of the Earth

    by Kenneth Godoy

    When I die let my death be the cry of the earth.
    From it I have come. To it I will go. For it I have longed.
    It compels me and I cannot escape it.
    It is day again. It is night. What forces the dawn? Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: When I Die Let My Death Be the Cry of the Earth”

    Sheila Petre: To My Children

    Sheila Petre: To My Children

    To My Children

    by Sheila Petre

    Little Miss Barefoot, running in December,
    House warm, heart warm, if you only knew
    How the very God of Love is brooding over you.
    Free, you race in His embrace, Continue reading . . . “Sheila Petre: To My Children”

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