Al Kiddush Hashem (to sanctify His name) We will climb this last cold hillside where morning leaves its breath upon the uncomplaining stones, its voice of light come just beneath the sky’s grey arch and arbor. You will carry my wood to your altar. Your back is broad, bronzed; I have come old—have grown tired […]
John Bellinger
John M. Bellinger is the former managing editor (2006-2009) and a current staff editor of The Comstock Review. He has been published in The Comstock Review, Blue Unicorn, The Small Pond Magazine of Literature and Ekphrasis.