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  • Lori Hershberger: Meditations of the Aunt

    Lori Hershberger: Meditations of the Aunt

    Meditations of the Aunt

    by Lori Hershberger

    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”

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Seventh Summer

    Richard Stoltzfoos: Seventh Summer

    Seventh Summer

    by Richard Stoltzfoos

    And the evening and the morning were the first day. —Gen. 1.5

    When resurrection’s rest has come,
    And sundown started the Sabbath day, Continue reading . . . “Richard Stoltzfoos: Seventh Summer”

    Gary Yoder: Imago Dei

    Gary Yoder: Imago Dei

    Imago Dei

    by Gary Yoder

    His bedroll hoisted on sagging shoulders
    One foot before the other—
    Deliberately—
    South-bound on 501 Continue reading . . . “Gary Yoder: Imago Dei”

    Christopher Good: Psalm 2

    Christopher Good: Psalm 2

    Psalm 2

    by Christopher Good

    I kiss the son—an unexpected spark, warm
    after the weary watching of this barren night.
    Dead men and women stand on their heads in the pews around us,
    indexes outstretched, rigorous, unyielding. Continue reading . . . “Christopher Good: Psalm 2”

    Karen Yoder: Nobody Listens to Andrew

    Karen Yoder: Nobody Listens to Andrew

    Nobody Listens to Andrew

    by Karen Yoder

    Bumbling jokes
    Fumbling tongues
    Jumbling souls
    Voices jangle in the hollow hall Continue reading . . . “Karen Yoder: Nobody Listens to Andrew”

    Joella Wadel: Thrown

    Joella Wadel: Thrown

    Thrown

    by Joella Wadel

    Why is a human being born
    When worlds are wide
    And graves are short,
    Time dangling like the clothes we’ve worn? Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: Thrown”

    Emily Gingrich: Bayside

    Emily Gingrich: Bayside

    Bayside

    by Emily Gingrich

    The moon is nesting in the trees
    Beyond the gleaming bay.
    She’s crossing lacy strands of light
    Leftover from today. Continue reading . . . “Emily Gingrich: Bayside”

    Gary Yoder: Red Clay

    Gary Yoder: Red Clay

    Red Clay

    by Gary Yoder

    Red clay—
    Red Virginia clay,
    Pounded hard as iron
    By chained feet: Continue reading . . . “Gary Yoder: Red Clay”

    Emily Gingrich: Rising Moon

    Emily Gingrich: Rising Moon

    Rising Moon

    by Emily Gingrich

    Which words can seize your beauty, rising moon?
    You ride your circuit up across the sky.
    You’re over-written, over-poetized…
    Will faulty pen marks leave you minimized? Continue reading . . . “Emily Gingrich: Rising Moon”

    Darren Wadel: Boundaries of Time

    Darren Wadel: Boundaries of Time

    Boundaries of Time

    by Darren Wadel

    “To everything there is a season,
    a time for every purpose under heaven.” —Ecclesiastes 3:1

    January
    and the clock stands still.
    The gong of the bell swings
    in the stiff, subzero breeze Continue reading . . . “Darren Wadel: Boundaries of Time”

    Laurie Klein: After the Stem Cell Transplant

    Laurie Klein: After the Stem Cell Transplant

    After the Stem Cell Transplant

    by Laurie Klein

    Belated news feels like warmth, one breath
    through a lone trumpet heralding dawn,
    evoking, deep in the bones, a sensation
    of turning. Or is it tidal . . . a rising Continue reading . . . “Laurie Klein: After the Stem Cell Transplant”

    Gary Yoder: The Sleep of Job

    Gary Yoder: The Sleep of Job

    The Sleep of Job

    by Gary Yoder

    Sleep, like a curtain concealing
    An approaching whirlwind,
    Comes intermittently,
    Bringing a short reprieve Continue reading . . . “Gary Yoder: The Sleep of Job”

    Lori Hershberger: Loneliness

    Lori Hershberger: Loneliness

    Loneliness

    by Lori Hershberger

    So long now have I walked with loneliness
    I remember not when he first walked with me:
    Silent along the avenues of all the arching years,
    On roads straight through sunlit fields and rows of maples, Continue reading . . . “Lori Hershberger: Loneliness”

    Sarah Martin: Spring’s Answer

    Sarah Martin: Spring’s Answer

    Spring’s Answer

    by Sarah Martin

    An angry Blast came blowing from the arctic;
    He paused when Earth returned a soft reply.
    The trees a-swell with baby buds smiled lightly,
    The freshets chuckled ballads blithe and sprightly, Continue reading . . . “Sarah Martin: Spring’s Answer”

    Myra Wollman: Flight

    Myra Wollman: Flight

    Flight

    by Myra Wollman

    A swirling susurration of soaring wings
    Across the sky, there’s a pattern there, a message
    In the way they fly, if I only knew the language…
    I don’t know why but it keeps eluding me. Continue reading . . . “Myra Wollman: Flight”

    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”

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