Category: Poetry

Poetry

The Bright Field

That moment when, in the midst of wreckageand tears, you see a scarlet cardinalacross the way, and last evening,he and his mate, more russet than

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Poetry

The Path of Integration

The Holy Spirit comes in while you are quiet. There is nothingvoiced yet many questions while our tongues are still. In the yearsahead of us,

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Poetry

On Sundays When Football Isn’t On

On Sundays when football isn’t onour family naps through high noon westernsafter church. In my dreams, gun fights echo the sermon. This morning my daughter’s

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Poetry

O Oriens

To lie in the dark and ask for day. To name the unborndaughter Dawn, the shortest street Aurora. O Oriens:Light that breaks, that cracks the

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Poetry

Be Cactus Bloom

Look to him and be radiant. —Psalm 34:5a Be red desert blush. Be peacock plume glanced by high-noon sun. Be moon-ring chalking winter night. Be

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Poetry

I see the Name of God

We praise you God, for your name is near —Psalm 75:2 In the vein-code of a leaf, hear it in the bleating of the neighbor’s

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