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April 2020

April 13, 2020

Poem: “This Monday Is Different”

I wrote this poem two years ago. It's a reflection I had about Monday, the...

December 2018

December 24, 2018

“When Christmas Smelled Like Dung”

"When Christmas Smelled Like Dung" Nothing is untouched from the smell of hay and dung. Even...

December 23, 2018

God, I Pray I Don’t Lose the Mundane Beauty of Advent

Today is Christmas Eve eve. I was hoping I could find words to share...

December 20, 2018

“The Day Christmas Shattered”

Poem: "The Day Christmas Shattered" I'm always a reminder of that day. A photo. A...

December 10, 2018

Morning Poem: The Art of I Don’t Know

“The Art of I Don’t Know” I read about a lady who said, “I didn’t...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Poem: “Purifying the House of Man”

Poem: “Purifying the House of Man” At its healthiest the earth was a garden; a...

November 28, 2018

Poem: “When Gladness is Choked Dry”

Poem: “When Gladness is Choked Dry” What’s wrong with showing charity to others in order...

November 19, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “Broken Roads”

Poem: "Broken Roads" There are many broken roads in this world. I’ve been down a...

November 15, 2018

Poem: “Eucharist”

Poem: "Eucharist" We come around a table lean-to. Some people with smiles and yet others...

November 12, 2018

Monday Morning ‪Poem: “Maelstrom of Kindness”

‪Poem: "Maelstrom of Kindness" It’s hard to see the extravagant gestures of kindness around us...

November 05, 2018

Monday Poem: “Do not love the World”

"Do not love the World" Dust swooped and full of hustle and bustle. It's similar...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Morning Poem: “Long Revealing”

Poem: “Long Revealing” newborn infants arrive into a decaying creation in tender regalia, and...

October 24, 2018

Tanka Poem: “Look to Spring”

Tanka Poem: “Look to Spring” Fall glides from summer. Nature unfolds, shadows hold. Kiss of...

October 08, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “This Place we call Tierra”

Poem: "This Place we call Tierra" the unknotting of oneself from this thing we call...

October 01, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “Fences”

Poem: "Fences" I walk through my town and the palpating segments sliced into the fabric...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

God Used Poetry to Breathe Life Back Into my Faith

This past week I've been working on a manuscript of poems about God and nature, I...

September 17, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: Ghazal: “Soul”

Ghazal: “Soul” I wish my heart wasn’t a locked empty room. It’s my soul’s desire....

September 10, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “Landfill Memories”

Poem: "Landfill Memories" I was at the landfill today dropping off some of...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “If Hope had Coattails”

Poem: “If Hope had Coattails” I had hope once by the coattails. My fingers doubted...

August 20, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “To Hell or High Water”

Poem: “To Hell or High Water” out of inky blackness you called the universe into being....

August 13, 2018

Monday Morning Poem: “Coffee Shop Hullabaloo”

Poem: "Coffee Shop Hullabaloo" The coffee shop is abuzz this morning with the usual...

August 03, 2018

Poem: “Measure of Life”

"Measure of life" seemingly nothing, but also everything in life is measured. we’ve been...