Saint Mary of Egypt: A Modern Verse Life October 3, 2022 By Bonnie B. Thurston 1 Comment Introducing Mary of Egypt, a saint whose life started in wild immorality, but who was aided in her conversion by the Virgin Mary, attended to by a lion and a monk, and lived an ascetic life in the desert. Bonnie B. Thurston brings her to us in prose and verse.
Tashlich September 26, 2022 By Bruce Black 1 Comment we toss our twigs / into the water / as if they are our sins, / our souls, like the fish, / swaying this way and that // caught between life and death, / between what was / and what will be, / not knowing what will come...
A Serious Call to Holy Life September 14, 2022 By Soraya Qahwaji 1 Comment Yet another night, / you pray to go to sleep / and never wake up. / You want out / the decade-long drudgery / yet you suck it up / lest the earth be the womb of heaven / and you make yourself a stillborn.
For the Thin Places August 31, 2022 By Andrea Potos 5 Comments It seems I am forever / looking for the thin / place, wishing to glimpse / inside a moment, close enough / to stand sentry to the invisible.
Litany of Names for God in Hell August 24, 2022 By Lana Portolano 1 Comment O Sun, O Lawmaker, O Commander. / Devourer of the she-wolf of avarice, / Ruler of his shining city sitting on his throne above, / O Adversary of all evil.
Confession August 17, 2022 By Owolusi Lucky Leave a Comment Owl-whistle behind the barn, / Less Mama is still awake. / You can love me and kiss me deep, / For confession be next week
Ascension May 26, 2022 By Sally Witt, CSJ 3 Comments On the Feast of the Ascension, we offer this poem by Sally Witt, CSJ.
Unto Others May 18, 2022 By Lauren K. Carlson 1 Comment "In the forest I toured the wildflowers; / at home I sprayed herbicide."
Staging Creation May 11, 2022 By Janet R. Kirchheimer & Jaclyn Piudik 1 Comment Reading this poem, let the syllables, as the act of Creation, roll over you. Abstract and concrete, emotional and rational, evocative and literal, consider with the poets all that was created those "first days."
Noah’s Wife Remembers May 4, 2022 By Jane Mary Curran Leave a Comment 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.
