Lenten Benediction
Tombs alive / in corners of our homes: slice / of green glass on the windowsill, /
ultrasounds tucked in / a wooden box, a tiny / ceramic urn; only ever / dust to dust.
loss
Noah’s Wife Remembers
Jane Mary Curran offers a vision of Noah's wife remembering the flood, the losses and the grief one carries after such a season of losses.
Are You Grieving?
"A trip or trek finds me reminiscing, / cities, seas, windbreaks, snowflakes I’m missing."
Crowns of Possibility
"Love cannot fix everything, but it can keep us company. It can help us imagine ourselves through the perspective of others, the ones who won’t give up on us."
Beneath the Loss
"Beneath the loss, if we dwell with it and look at it long enough, I think we can often see that love remains."
Song: Nox Longa, Vita Brevis
"Spring is almost here again." Read a new poem by Constance Eggers about new life amidst loss.
The Hat
"I want to find my hat, / quick comfort, / old self."
Notice, You
"Notice, You" is a new poem about home lost and found by Jen Crow, a Collegeville Institute Twin Cities Fellow from 2015-2017.
Lost and Found
"I lost my first faith / somewhere in the pew, / and found another / in the April yard."
Please Lie to Me
Many faith traditions teach that it is wrong to lie. Yet one pastor with Alzheimer’s asks: "please lie to me — especially if the truth upsets me."
