February - 2020

New Issue of Spirit Fire Review!

A New Issue! We are so pleased to present to you the poetry of Heath Brougher, Bruce Owens, Mark Weinrich, Veronica Michalowski, Janice...

Poem by Heath Brougher / Art by Marie Massey

(Image: detail of Carmel Splash, by Marie Massey) Still Here (by Heath Brougher) Landscape mostly the same as before, maybe a little less...

Three Poems by Mark Weinrich

WEIGHTLESS The butterfly basks wings flat and wide gathering every ray of warmth waiting for cold weights of night to fall away, waiting...

Poem by Veronica Michalowski

(autumn, maple leaves, image by Jimmy Lau, on Pixabay) FROM HER HOSPITAL WINDOW Winter comes early some years burdens October branches...

Two Poems by Janice Canerdy

God’s Aging Vessel I often lie awake and ponder life, more kind than cruel through my many years. The peaceful times by far outweigh the...

Poem by Hiromi Yoshida

The Robin Sunglinting wheel of whirring wings— the robin bathes in the shallow pothole’s muddy water, the storm’s pock-marked...

Two Poems by Bruce Owens

(stormy sea, image by Dimitris Vetsikas, on Pixabay) Untitled I am at home here among the soft blue waves and I will linger here awhile...

A Memory from Don Beukes / Art by Marie Massey

(Image: Red Creek, by Marie Massey) Cul-de-Sac (In loving memory of Johanna Rosetta Marsh Beukes) Despite a solid foundation of faith and...

Poem by Jason DeHart

Mighty Nation who knows these days what the promise means? Abraham in the desert standing under the stars counting his destiny. Abraham,...

Come to Me

Come to Me Come as you are Ego behind you I look Upon the heart Gaze on Me I made each flower In the Book It is written...

An Article by Janine Pickett

Sowing Seeds (See the book of Mark, chapter 4) I’ve been taking an online mini-course called "Love Says Go" by Jason Chin. One of our...

Photography by Fabrice Poussin

Comfort, by Fabrice Poussin Peace, by Fabrice Poussin Image by Fabrice Poussin Symphony, by Fabrice Poussin Fabrice Poussin teaches...

Paintings by Marie Massey

detail of Carmel Splash, by Marie Massey Red Creek, by Marie Massey Winter River, by Marie Massey Mission Courtyard, by Marie Massey...

Editorial: Changes

Dear friends, Janine Pickett, the founding editor of Spirit Fire Review, has given me the “green light” to expand my role to...

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