Tag: Ash Wednesday

Poetry

Pandemic Ash Wednesday

This year, the ash came to us. It floated down, almost beautifully, landing on our windshields, our lawn chairs, and our eyelashes.We coughed on it and

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Church Years

for Myrtle Takken for her 95th Year Grandma walks toward Easter one more time;I see her walking not toward church but trees—trees of the farm

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Losing My Way

I. “Those who stutter win, in the painful pauses of their demonstration that speech isn’t entirely natural, a respectful attention, a tender alertness. Words are,

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Freedom in Dust

Ash Wednesday is one of my favorite days. I welcome Ash Wednesday every year because it feels like a deep breath of solemn honesty. This

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