orange brush strokes, image by Prawny, on Pixabay The Path Look at the world around you, A feast for your eyes to behold, All just for...

farm, image by Loren King, on Pixabay Fond Fathering Frail soul, fond fathering feeds thee, ingathering speeds thee, in fallow field...

leaves in wind, image by Alicja, on Pixabay An Hour Ago An hour ago I’d dozed upon the thought I could leave all those unwanted memories...

clouds, praise the Lord!, image by C.B. Harris When the trumpet sounds I know my Redeemer Lives on high The One who created Earth,...

sunflower, image by pasja1000, on Pixabay Mother’s Garden No secret garden, but exhibited, instead, each day on Facebook—different...

hearts, image by Pezibear, on Pixabay A cento is a poem made from lines written by other poets. To me, it is a way of remembering the...

(hummingbird, image by Nick Fewings, on Unsplash) Welcome to the May 2021 issue of Spirit Fire Review! So pleased to present work by Kate...

lavender and white lavender, image by Hans Braxmeier, on Pixabay white lavender when i don't know what to think and my heavy heart...

(lotion, image by saponifier, on Pixabay) Hand Signals I sit quietly. The only sound is the hum of the oxygen concentrator beside my...

(kneeling at the cross, image by Gerd Altmann, on Pixabay) LOVE LAMENTATION Easter 2021 I can't run away from my truth. I have to...

(sunrise, image by Наталья Коллегова (Natalia Kollegova), on Pixabay) OUT OF BROKENNESS What expectancy when I cast my trowel and gloves...

(holding hands, image by Anna Sunny, on Pixabay) A Marriage The fire that ends its dance has the likeness of death until you put your...

(sign, arrows, image by Pexels, on Pixabay) Pathway This part of the journey Has been long. I have wandered off the path So many times,...

(Lago di Limides, Italy, image by Julius Silver, on Pixabay) Artisan Ridges ablaze, mountaintops are on fire Ornamented with magenta and...

(adobe church in New Mexico, image by Kenneth White, on Pixabay) The Rosary Tree In an old pueblo church's garden, stands a small...

(cracked asphalt, image by Public Domain Pictures, on Pixabay) “Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.”...

Leah and Twen, drawing by Isabel Chenot Isabel’s illustration is of Leah Sharibu and Twen Theodros, two Christian prisoners she prayed...

You have a poem you’ve been working on, and think it might be ready to submit to a journal—maybe to Spirit Fire Review. As you revise and...

(dog, sleeping, image by jevansch, on Pixabay) Can you teach an old poem new tricks? Let’s say you have a poem that’s been around a...

(butterfly, photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert) “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it...