Two Poems by Richard Manly Heiman
"Yew Tree" Photograph by Richard Heiman Old Growth There's a fog round the yew tree. As if the mists of Hag's Head could rise sudden from...
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Three Poems by JD DeHart: "Words of My Mouth", "Multi", and "Builders"
Words of My Mouth I have been taught to let my words be acceptable, these arbitrary curlings of ink and sound, why would I shape them to...
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Two Poems by Nicholas Froumis: "Not Yet" and "Shame"
Not Yet The words are spoken so easily to our children, another delayed promise or perhaps an attempt to buy time. But the requests only...
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Three Poems by Donal Mahoney: "OMG", "Bell and Star" and "At Traffic Stops
OMG Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing except this blind lady I help across the...
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Two Poems by Marcia (Durant) Conover: "My Prayer" and "Wings of an Angel"
My Prayer Today my mind was filled with sad layers As I listened to friends in need of some prayers Some I have known for quite a long...
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A Poem by Sanjeev Sethi: "Persuasion"
PERSUASION Panglossian in piety will assuage by offering you its clutch of courage when tentacles of truth plague. That is a function of...
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A Poem by Scott Thomas Outlar: "Expansive Salvation"
Expansive Salvation In the beginning… God’s tongue let loose with the word Love, and darkness gave way to Light as the shine of source...
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Two Poems by Tamsen Grace: "The Secret to My Strength"; The Gift of Love"
The Secret to My Strength You silenced my song, Tried to take away my voice. Like Delilah to Samson you wanted to discover the secret to...
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A Poem by Donal Mahoney: "All Aboard"
All Aboard Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy who...
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A Poem by Daginne Aignend: "Lost Soul"
Lost Soul The mirror of my soul Appears to be faint Hidden in shadows Coloured by bleak paint The shining light Of my spirit is...
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A Poem by Lynda McKinney Lambert: "The 23rd Psalm for the Artist"
The 23rd Psalm for the Artist Lord, you are the mentor and patron who watches over me and gives me inspiration, guidance, and support as...
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Poetry by Jonel Abellanosa: "Ode to the Holy Spirit"; "Mary of Bethany"
Ode to the Holy Spirit As devotee of the divine, I desire to have the Baptist’s eyes, belief a benevolent sky. The Christ rose from the...
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A Poem by Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Bestowed Blessings in a Harvest Sonnet"
Bestowed Blessings in a Harvest Sonnet Pussy willows grow at the edge of the field cows grazing among brambles and berries. Catbirds cry...
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Poetry by Reanna Marchman: "Illuminate Part I: Light and Breath; Part II: Reflection"; and
ILLUMINATE Part I: Light and Breath Let’s all reach out touch a Non-loved face, light, the eye Breathe sky Love the dirty and raspy...
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A Poem by Cindy Bousquet Harris: "Garden Place"
Garden Place Jesus, Your love makes for me a garden place where I can take Your hand and hear the waters flowing; they flow with promises...
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Poetry by David Allen: "The Day Mom Died"; "No Ending"
THE DAY MOM DIED The day Mom died My doorbell rang Twice, two times in The afternoon. But when I bounded from my chair There was no one...
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Poetry by Edilson Afonso Ferreira: "Eating Pain"; "A Brave New Man"
Eating Pain From so long, I have been affected by heavy lots of pain and sufferings, as if a fee were due to being alive. Sometimes I...
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Poetry by Elizabeth Brooks: "If I Were God"
If I Were God If I were God there would be no warning to build an ark no talk about fire, no vision to contain the destruction. If I were...
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Poetry by Bruce Owens: "Into the New"
INTO THE NEW The moon is like a jewel on the finger of the Lord, and the sun is his Headband. His breath is in the woods at night,...
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Poetry by Janine Pickett: "The Eleventh Hour"
THE ELEVENTH HOUR (A reaction from watching an elderly couple baptized in Sugar Creek) Moonlit prayer spills over ancient canyon walls...
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