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

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

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

painting by Janine Pickett, acrylic fluid art on canvas. Method balloon dip. “My heart said, You.” “My heart said, You” is a quote from a...

dewy flower, image by Myriam Zilles, on Pixabay ~child-heart “For You are our Father though Abraham does not know us” (Isaiah 63:16)....

girl with ice skates, image by Lorri Lang, on Pixabay On the Porch of Magnolia Manor, Decorated for Fall She would tell me wistfully...

cracked pottery, image by Manseok Kim, on Pixabay Cracks We are vessels holding all that we are. Others near us are the same. Each whole,...

sugarcane, image by Albrecht Fietz, on Pixabay Uganda 2020 I remember the sound of rain and the smell of sweat. A thick body odor with a...

Christ, image by Raheel Shakeel, on Pixabay The Plan Thank you, Jesus, for sticking to... The Plan. * Let not... the sinful nature of the...

bullfinch, image by Oldiefan, on Pixabay In the Beginning I walk across the afternoon, advancing ever forward while my soul retreats into...

Milky Way, image by Evgeni Tcherkasski, on Pixabay Ontology I look to the heavens plead questions The stars remain silent I look to the...

frosted glass, colorful, image by bluebudgie, on Pixabay Heavenly hour, sisters She walks around, head down, eyes set to dust, sand is...

boat, image by pasja1000, on Pixabay Living by the River Styx I often listen to people who speak movingly about forging a legacy, intent...

collage, faces from Pixabay Cherished Daydreaming Sitting by the road’s edge, I watch life go by. I see men, women, old and young people....

Summer Design 9, by Junior McLean Junior McLean, a self-taught graphic artist, lived for 17 years in The Bronx, later in Anderson,...

hearts, image by Ben Kerckx, on Pixabay Cuánto Más? Cuántas lágrimas más tengo que derramar? No soy rio ni mar ni lluvia. Cuántos latidos...

forest in mist, image by Free_Photos, on Pixabay The Flute I search my instrument, stem I long for, difficult to find in the forest,...

geese flying, sunset, image by skeeze, on Pixabay A SIGH “All my longings lie open before you Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.”...

Fall colors, 11x14 Acrylic on canvas. Method: balloon dip. Janine Pickett is the founding editor of Spirit Fire Review. She is also an...

measuring tape, image by Thomas Wolter, on Pixabay MEASURING GOD How are you going to do it? How do you weigh the Infinite? How do you...