October - 2017

A Poem by Tom Sheehan: "Star Roots, Field Work"

Star Roots, Field Work Deep in the August field, I loll with mice and deer and the jawboned lightning playing wild war games all across a...

October 2017, Issue #12

Welcome to our 12th edition of Spirit Fire Review! With this issue, through words of poetic wisdom and faith, and the beauty of...

Two Poems by Lucia Walton Robinson: "Straight and Narrow" and "God’s Humor"

Straight and Narrow Low o low came You loving Lord narrowly birthed and laid low in a manger– You, wider than all skies. Straight the way...

Visual Art/Photography by Marla Venable

Three Poems by Ken Allan Dronsfield

A Scented Remembrance Feeling these rains has helped me recall my childhood days now faraway gone. My Dad's laughter and Mom's hug and I...

A Poem by Janice Canerdy: "The Cathartic Power of Forgiveness"

"The Cathartic Power of Forgiveness" A man whose great success was due, in part, to others' work, for which he often took the credit,...

Nature Photography by Daginne Aignend

A Poem by JD DeHart: "Amplified"

Amplified Hello, Father. Quick question: Does a loss amplify the sounds of life, bring all emotions into greater magnitude -...

A Poem by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Witness of the Past"

Witness of the Past We were seven and went to sleep, every night, always at the same time. Father, mother, three sons and two daughters....

Poetry by Veronica Michalowski: "Givers" and "Keith"

Copyright, Veronica Michalowski November 7, 2016 Written about her father, Peter Paul Michalowski July 24, 1917 – November 26, 2000 Photo...

A Poem by Peter C. Venable: "2-18-78"

2-18-78 A childhood Bible fossilized in a cinder-block bookcase between The Whole Earth Catalogue, Man’s Search for Meaning, and a...

A Poem by Renee’ Drummond-Brown: "Gore"

Gore I know ‘twas the blood. I know ‘twas the blood. Father, forgive me please. Trouble in my way. Like Judas I gotta hide sometimes, 30...

Poetry by Blanca Alicia Garza: "Miss Me at Sunset", "Oasis of Love"

Miss Me at Sunset When I'm forever gone, bury me between the lyrics of your most beautiful poem so I'll never be forgotten. When I'm...

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