Faith is like a Shimmering Veil – by Jane Beal
Faith is like a shimmering veil. You can’t see through it. It’s like a cold shower. It wakes you up early and makes you...
Faith – Michael Lyle
Faith
We all doubt. There are even times when we doubt it all. Everything. Other times, we doubt certain aspects, this understanding or that assumption....
Summer Light – by JoyAnne O’Donnell
The blue sky sings with the summer's flowers
white daisies the color of clouds wonders
the sand so soft blessing us
freeing our spirit's bus
to rest and...
Mudslide – by Janette Kennedy
Danger brings us here, where the experts smile and say, “Just a little more time.” In their swagger, we let our secret seed out...
I Know You Very Well – by Courtney Joan
I know you very well.
I know what makes you angry.
I know when you are lying,
And when you tell the truth.
Nothing you...
The Past is Glass, Turpentine, Rags: A Garden of Love by Nathan Hauke
Originally posted in 2017, this essay has been updated by the author and is being republished with his permission.
God! It is only his...
The Song of Autumn, By JoyAnne O’Donnell
The autumn is filled with pumpkins
prayers for miles
God's endless smiles
on cool breezes shines high rise's of many colors
with the leaves dance
on the ground
in the...
Episode 62: Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera is the current U.S. Poet Laureate and author of 28 books of poetry, YA novels, and collections for children.
Lectio Poetica: Becoming Who We Are
“All the birds and creatures of the world are unutterably themselves.” – David Whyte
During the catastrophic flooding here in Colorado back in September, we...
Lectio Poetica: What is the Question?
“Sometimes . . . you come to a place whose only task is to trouble you with tiny but frightening requests . . .”...