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  • Marlene Brubacher: Quest

    Marlene Brubacher: Quest

    Quest

    Marlene Brubacher

    They find their King—and here they too are found;
    The One they sought has hung their guiding star. Continue reading . . . “Marlene Brubacher: Quest”

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Canaan

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Canaan

    Canaan

    By Richard Stoltzfoos

    Unknown, I walk along the brown dirt way
    To a near-vacant town of well-known name.
    Most folks who find this town will never stay,
    For its inhabitants are hard to tame.

    Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Canaan”

    Marlene Brubacher: Christmas Eve

    Marlene Brubacher: Christmas Eve

    Christmas Eve

    Marlene Brubacher

    We thought we knew You, Elohim—
    burnt sacrifice;
    the law supreme;
    the temple, veiled; Continue reading . . . “Marlene Brubacher: Christmas Eve”

    Rebecca Weber: Bethlehem Dawn

    Rebecca Weber: Bethlehem Dawn

    Bethlehem Dawn

    by Rebecca Weber

    For centuries you look upon this town—
    O distant moon—where generations keep
    The covenant of Abraham; men weep
    For sins that bulls’ and goats’ blood cannot drown. Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Bethlehem Dawn”

    Marlene Brubacher: Tidings of Great Joy

    Marlene Brubacher: Tidings of Great Joy

    Tidings of Great Joy

    Marlene Brubacher

    Not unto us, O Lord,
    not unto us,
    for we have sinned, we and our fathers before us.
    No grace is ours, for Continue reading . . . “Marlene Brubacher: Tidings of Great Joy”

    Rebecca Weber: Love Reawakened

    Rebecca Weber: Love Reawakened

    Love Reawakened

    by Rebecca Weber

    You cannot move my heart again, I said:
    Those days are past, when guidance from Your tongue
    Awakened—as a love song slowly sung—
    A rich devotion in my heart and head. Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Love Reawakened”

    Sherri Steiner: On a Winter Dawn

    Sherri Steiner: On a Winter Dawn

    On a Winter Dawn

    By Sherri Steiner

    A lone pigeon perched on the peak of the world
    Watching the new day dawn.
    For the former days had been gray and gloom
    And he cooed all the golden on. Continue reading . . . “Sherri Steiner: On a Winter Dawn”

    Michelle King: After the Poetry Reading

    Michelle King: After the Poetry Reading

    After the Poetry Reading

    by Michelle King

    I.

    We wove through the pines and our patches of pavement,
    Till we found each other and 2 PM,
    Arms loaded with ripened letters.
    Then drops of grey slid down our shoulders. We clambered into the house. Continue reading . . . “Michelle King: After the Poetry Reading”

    Renea McKenzie: echo and song

    Renea McKenzie: echo and song

    echo and song

    by Renea McKenzie

    winter’s border wind
    lilts through smoke-
    weathered
    attics, across façades Continue reading . . . “Renea McKenzie: echo and song”

    Lori Hershberger: Interlude

    Lori Hershberger: Interlude

    Interlude

    by Lori Hershberger

    And all that has passed before us: this day, this rain,
    The sunshine and the green, green meadow,
    Each flashing smile, each look of light
    Is swallowed in this night of between; Continue reading . . . “Lori Hershberger: Interlude”

    Sheila Petre: For Julia

    Sheila Petre: For Julia

    For Julia

    by Sheila Petre

    Poets have been silent
    On the salty theme of cheese.
    They prefer to bend the rhymes
    Of mysteries such as these: Continue reading . . . “Sheila Petre: For Julia”

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Pentecost

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Pentecost

    Pentecost

    by Richard Stoltzfoos

    What if – when Christ ascended through the clouded sky
    His frame was sown as particles of dust – Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Pentecost”

    Michelle King: The Tree

    Michelle King: The Tree

    The Tree

    by Michelle King

    Upon a summer fleece of woodland’s best,
    I lay beneath a spiderweb,
    Myriads of atoms all tumbling one on top of another
    Reaching for the blue dawn’s spectrum and a midnight moon. Continue reading . . . “Michelle King: The Tree”

    Sheila Petre: Upon Encountering God

    Sheila Petre: Upon Encountering God

    Upon Encountering God

    by Sheila Petre

    The key to comprehension is reduction.
    If a thought has got beyond you, tug it back
    Lest its gist be lost in vastness
    Or your spirit swung from fastness, Continue reading . . . “Sheila Petre: Upon Encountering God”

    Lynn Michael Martin: And So We Sleep

    Lynn Michael Martin: And So We Sleep

    And So We Sleep

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    And so we sleep, forgetting all that harms;
    our sleep itself a praise to him who stands
    a promise in the night, whose ageless hands
    caress the children cradled in his arms. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: And So We Sleep”

    Christopher Good: Eulogy for a Poet

    Christopher Good: Eulogy for a Poet

    Eulogy for a Poet

    by Christopher Good

    These words will end in dust, as all things die.
    Their paltry lines will crumble all apart—
    Pray thee preserve them, artless though they lie. Continue reading . . . “Christopher Good: Eulogy for a Poet”

    Leonard Nolt: The End of the Day

    Leonard Nolt: The End of the Day

    The End of the Day

    by Leonard Nolt

    Let the day end
    Let the shadows lengthen
    Let the birds sing their last songs
    As the wind slows Continue reading . . . “Leonard Nolt: The End of the Day”

    Sheila Petre: Against Hope

    Sheila Petre: Against Hope

    Against Hope

    by Sheila Petre

    I reach through the dark for the door,
    Unsure
    If it stands ajar, the edge too near my nose, Continue reading . . . “Sheila Petre: Against Hope”

    Kenneth Godoy: Like a Brick Upon Everything

    Kenneth Godoy: Like a Brick Upon Everything

    Like a Brick Upon Everything

    by Kenneth Godoy

    perhaps in the wither of the mother’s hand
    now that she had taken cancer again,
    or the silent scream of three birds Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: Like a Brick Upon Everything”

    Lynn Michael Martin: I Saw the Daughters of Joy

    Lynn Michael Martin: I Saw the Daughters of Joy

    I Saw the Daughters of Joy

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    I saw the daughters of joy today,
    Dancing in the dew.
    They shout and they tumble as they play Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: I Saw the Daughters of Joy”

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