Into their once full garden that’s now/ close to barren, two ancient nuns shuffle/ along looking for a few late autumn blossoms/ to paint their lives.
Poetry
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or A Little Levity About Leaven
Be praised, O Lord, for this bit of mystery, / which lifts, which lightens.
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Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
You knew the names of other people’s fears because you / had plenty of your own.
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Thanks a Lot, Shakespeare, for the Starling
there’s a hole through which reasoning escapes
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St. Perpetua/St. Felicity
The pain wasn’t in dying/ but in belief in you, that you required of me
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Foley Poetry Prize-Winners
The Foley Poetry Prize has been awarded every spring since 1988.
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Arise
the now-maimed but still
living parents beg, “Arise, come forth!”
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The 2019 Foley poetry contest: Metaphors so simple and clear
Entrants to this year’s contest included poems about human trafficking, the Mueller Report, priestly abuse and screen addiction.