Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Peace and Pekoe

Home

Home
Catholic

Poetry

Select a Category ADHD Blog Business Body and Soul Books Faith Faith in Action Family Feminism Fertility Awareness Friendship Geekiness Guest Post History Hope Just For Fun Love Marriage Memory Mental Exercise Movies Parenting Personalism Poetry Prayer Quotes Scripture Seven Quick Takes Striving for Holiness Television The Stories We Tell The World Uncategorized

Select a Month September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 August 2016 June 2016 March 2016 January 2016 November 2015 October 2015 August 2015 July 2015 May 2015 April 2015 February 2015 December 2014 November 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 August 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 November 2009 October 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009

August 2018

August 28, 2018

A Way Wherein There Is No Ecstasy

You say I am repeating Something I have said before. I shall say it again,...

November 2017

November 24, 2017

Poetry Will Save the World (Seven Quick Takes)

My sister-in-law says I don't understand the "Quick" part of "Seven Quick Takes." She's probably...no,...

September 2017

September 22, 2017

A Literary Feast

One of the pleasures of poetry is rolling a particularly juicy turn of phrase over...

September 14, 2017

The Peace of Wild Things

After waving my youngest off to school on the bus yesterday morning, I found my...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

I decline to accept the end of man

Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer

We talk about living in a post-Christian era, but what does that actually look like? Does...

March 06, 2017

Prometheus

Prometheus . Into the window of time, new-opened, Adam’s hand, Prometheus-like, was singed condemned for...

March 01, 2017

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday. In a little while, I will go to Mass and receive...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

Should you bring your kids to the Easter Vigil?

I lay in bed this morning, kids piled on top of me, and talked to...

August 2010

August 11, 2010

Somewhat less than genius.

I commented on Facebook last night that I did not know what to write about....

November 2009

November 11, 2009

The Torch

You are the dead. Long years agoyou fought, and died, were laid belowthe crosses, there...

June 2009

June 24, 2009

Some thoughts, and a poem.

2009 has been long, strange, and somewhat rocky for our family. Health and employment issues,...

April 2009

April 18, 2009

Thoughts upon reading an essay on Porous Memory and the Cognitive Life

Thoughts upon reading an essay on Porous Memory and the Cognitive Life. Presented in villanelle form....