December - 2021

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December 2021 Issue: Christmas Blessings!

image by Biblical Paint, on Pixabay So thankful to share with you this issue of Spirit Fire Review, featuring work by friends new and...

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Five Haiku by Kim Deslaurier

dried roses, image by Kranich17, on Pixabay Sound of their razors electrifying the night drowning my music ~ Flexing of tymbals like the...

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Two Poems by EG Ted Davis

maple tree, abstract, image by natureworks, on Pixabay his intentions Beware of the Evil One and his antics... for he purposely tries to...

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These Old Hands, by Christopher Matthew Thomas

Bible, image by FotoRieth, on Pixabay These Old Hands I thought I’d build my life with these two hands. All I wanted they could reach out...

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The Leap: Four Poems by Nolo Segundo

cake with walnuts, image by Russell Smith, on Pixabay The Leap I was half-mad with despair, Hopeless in love and life, At the end of my...

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Attitude and Atmosphere: personal narrative by Janine Pickett

standing in line, image by aykapog, on Pixabay The Attitude We Carry and the Words We Speak Create Our Atmosphere It's true. We carry a...

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She, a poem by Heath Brougher

abstract swirls, image by Prawny, on Pixabay She had the most beautiful hiccups in the world. Heath Brougher is the Editor-in-Chief of...

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Mama's Hands, by Becky Parker

wood pile, image by LUM3N, on Pixabay Mama’s Hands I looked at Mama’s hands, all callous and rough From hauling in coal and wood every...

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Two Poems by Veronica Michalowski

abstract, from Pixabay Water Lilies They are dying before me. Emerald leaves turn ochre and then bronze mucking up the once-crystal...

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On a Path: a poem and four paintings by James Eric Watkins

sunflower, painting by James Eric Watkins “I loafe and invite my soul.” ~ Walt Whitman On a Path hovering within a moment, I found god...

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Two Poems by Brian Kates

colorful variety of leaves, image by Arek Socha, on Pixabay MURMURATION An iridescence of starlings shape shifts over the salt marsh at...

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Morning’s Jubilation: Poems by Mark Weinrich

stream in autumn, image by Jaesung An, on Pixabay WILD LIGHT We can calculate the night breaking, but never the wild and reckless moments...

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Secret, poem by Fabrice Poussin

multicolor abstract, from Pixabay Secret It can never be told, written, heard tending to a light brush of a fearful sense swirling in an...

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Circle of Hope: two poems by Robert Pegel

note and autumn leaves, from Pixabay Circle of Hope I sometimes envision a scene of three: Jesus, my deceased sixteen-year-old son...

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Ultimate Cathedral, poem by Richard Bunce

Orthodox church, image by nextvoyage, on Pixabay Ultimate Cathedral vaulted, ornate etched stone cupola with cross imposing pulpit in...

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A Christmas Meditation

A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL !

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Advent Prayer, by Lucia Walton Robinson

lamb and manger, image by katermikesch, on Pixabay Advent Prayer Make me a stable, Sturdy and strong, Warmed by Your creatures, Lulled...

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Interview with Matthew J. Andrews, by Cindy Bousquet Harris

Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer whose poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Orange Blossom Review, Funicular...

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Pushcart Prize 2022 Nominees

acrylic, image by jo_n_de photo, on Pixabay Congratulations to the following 6 writers whom Spirit Fire Review ...

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SPIRIT FIRE REVIEW

Celebrating God's Goodness through Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Visual Art, and Music