Poetry

A Meditation on Henry Ossawa Tanner’s ‘The Annunciation’

by J. Michael Sparough March 31, 2008

Yet you do not blink.

Poetry

Old Age

by Patricia Schnapp March 24, 2008

Our old maple is half dead,

Poetry

Lignum Vitae

by Bernard Fyles March 17, 2008

What wood is this?

Poetry

Aunt Kerenhappuch, Immigrant

by Judy Little February 4, 2008

Homes tent on prairies, grown wheat brims all horizon

Poetry

St. Vincent

by Angela ODonnell January 21, 2008

The best way to know God is to love many things.

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Mantra for a Dark December Night

by Paul Mariani December 24, 2007

At the interstices between the word & silence

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Little Secrets

by Leonard J. Cirino December 3, 2007

To Leonard, few of the secrets are given.

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One Afternoon

by John Fandel November 26, 2007

I sat upon a window-seat.

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Paperboy

by William Hart November 19, 2007

He moves with burglars and police

Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry

On Cleaning Out a Friend’s Refrigerator After His Exile to the Old Priests’ Home

by Brian Doyle November 12, 2007

First thought: man, no wonder he was so skinny.

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Poetry

A Meditation on Henry Ossawa Tanner’s ‘The Annunciation’

Old Age

Lignum Vitae

Aunt Kerenhappuch, Immigrant

St. Vincent

Mantra for a Dark December Night

Little Secrets

One Afternoon

Paperboy

On Cleaning Out a Friend’s Refrigerator After His Exile to the Old Priests’ Home